Wednesday, March 11, 2026

3/11 PM threat later afternoon

 Egg rolls keep them eggs a rolling it's raining at the nest he only brings out a partial Dadumbrella 12:01 ER 12:35 a shuggle  and egg roll 
1245 pm Scout is still on duty. Propped up on his wings incubating his eggberts. Rain has stopped. Currently at the nest cloudy temperature 72 F Wind 7 to 11 mph. I see Friends of NCTC logo has been added to the cam 2 looks very nice. If you would like to donate to the ongoing maintenance of the NCTC cams click on the donate link above just below the Resources tab.
1254 pm Northern Flickers heard calling out. 101 pm Blue Jay, Crows heard too. I noticed the wasps have disappeared hopefully they moved to another location.
1259 another egg roll and repositioning mostly on every egg roll
126 pm Scout called out I think he wants a switch.
128 pm Bella lands on the nest she must have heard Scout’s calls. Scout moves off the eggs some bedding and feather fluff is stuck to him.
154 p.m. we have a egg roll 
2:11 pm have another egg roll and repositioning and dig
It's so hot that they're panting
211 p.m. egg roll
240 pm - Adult perched in the attic must be Scout.
Wind has picked up currently 11 to 17 mph. Temp 79
252 p.m. another egg roll 311 p.m. and another egg roll
350 pm Bella is standing over the eggs looking at them. Must be warm incubating, current temperature is 84 F. Bella gives one of the eggs a roll. She also has some feather fluff on her coat. Bella aerates the bowl. Some storm clouds moving in.407 pm Bella looks like she sees something has that nosy look haha. Hope Scout brings her a fish.
425 pm Lots of dark clouds but no rain yet. Bella is incubating facing 9.
429 pm Time for an egg check. Bella works up the bedding in front of the eggs. Just saw a wasp walk by. Bella walks around the eggs to reposition herself gives them a tuck and resettles into incubation mode. Bella is now facing 3 o’clock.
430 pm Starting to rain.
519 🥚 roll rain seem to have stopped or let up
5:50 p.m. and another egg roll Wing stretch and it still raining
607 the mumbrella comes out it's raining quite hard

604 pm - I rewound the footage on cam 1; the sub adult followed Scout to the BST.611 pm Distant calls heard from Scout.
614 pm Scout is calling out from the babysitting tree. He is perched at the BST and he looks puffed out a bit. Feel bad for all wildlife when it storms they often have no where to go.
617 pm More calls. I think Bella may want a switch. Bella continues to incubate and Scout is perched at the nearby BST.618 pm More calls I think Bella may want a switch.624 pm More calls it must be Scout calling out to Bella.
626 pm Scout sounds stressed. Bella calls back to him. I wonder what is wrong.
Now we know what was wrong a sub adult was in their territory. Good job Scout!!!
Scout lands on the nest and a sub adult flies by both Bella and Scout alerting sounding the trumpet and trilling. Bella is not happy not at all.
629 pm More calls and alerts issued. Trumpeting!! Bella is standing up now she is not happy.
630 pm Bella gets up off the eggs. She trumpets some more this time from the crib rails near 12. Scout moves over to the egg cup and he checks and rolls the eggs. Then settles into incubating.
631 pm Bella is trumpeting again and trilling she issues many more warnings. Scout settles into incubation duty. Switch to Scout
633 pm Bella exits and flies to the BST
628pm Subadult almost landed on the nest behind Scout. Both are alerting at the nest.634 pm Bella perched at the DCT.
635 pm Bella has left the BST and she is not at the DCT either.
Slo motion 2 min 
731 Mr Eagle Scout another egg roll  he's on this late Duty Bella should be returning soon 
724 Bella is perched at the DCT maybe Scott will have night duties tonight first time we shall see Mama Bell shows up to relieve him
In memory of our dear friend Jo Lennox
Please be respectful if you decide to make a comment. Any advertisement will be deleted. Thank you, Steven Chase for allowing me to continue the blog, but in a different manner than he intended. As a conversation piece, it is now for a videos and blogging thanks to the Outdoor Channel for providing us the internet access! Thanks to all the Hyvor  participants that make comments on the page Thank you for the National conservation training center in Shepherdstown West Virginia for providing the camera for us to watch! Judy Eddy 👋🦅❤️🥚🪹


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JudyEddy said...

In memory of our dear friend Jo Lennox
Please be respectful if you decide to make a comment. Any advertisement will be deleted. Thank you, Steven Chase for allowing me to continue the blog, but in a different manner than he intended. As a conversation piece, it is now for a videos and blogging

3/11 PM threat later afternoon

  Egg rolls keep them eggs a rolling it's raining at the nest he only brings out a partial Dadumbrella  12:01 ER 12:35 a shuggle  and...