Lucked onto a shift change this morning on #eagle watch, at about 6:30AM their time, Tuesday.
Jackie was on the nest, craning her head (perhaps a dog barking in background, making everyone nervous.) Shadow did a fly-by, then landed on the nest with another stick.
Eggs were visible!
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The male is now ensconced on the nest, in the 3:00 position. His new stick is right in front of him, within easy reach. He spent a bit of time "freaking" on the stick, which is how they clean their beaks after eating, or to maintain its shape. Sound is really carrying this morning, with the dog barking, and what sounds like a woodpecker nearby. He doesn't seem too exercised by either one.
Quite a dark photo, still, this screencap from the webcam. The stars of the image are the TWO EGGS which are visible in the nest, while Shadow looks down, in preparation for rolling them, and then pancaking on top of them. He seemed to be rolling the 3rd egg, which was just out of sight.
The nest itself is now much less snow-covered, and that large berm to the right is gone. Many more sticks are visible. A warm week, I'd imagine most of the snow will melt.
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