As promised here are the pre and post swoopfest bonding sessions. I think DC was probably showing off his flying skills (I did not get a recording of his swooping, or see it live, so I'm not really sure of their interaction or Beauty's tone of vocalizations). The fact that he landed so close to the box makes be believe it was more of a bonding/cliff racing display.
Also, seeing Beauty on top of cam 4 reminds me of past seasons when she would start spending the nights at the NB before she began laying eggs.
In this first video, (pre-swoop) this is the longest bonding session I believe I've seen in the box between these two over the past 3 seasons. DC arrived first and was chirping for Beauty. I had to refresh my cam, but paused recording so I could pick it up when she arrived. He was there for over a minute before she arrived. To me, they seem to get closer (distance wise) when bonding in the box this season. I also notice the mirroring and possible beaking. Years past, I don't think we saw this level of intensity in their box bonding sessions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8RWUUCqi0In this second video (post-swoop), Beauty was relaxing on top of cam 4 when she sees something in the distance and starts calling. She takes off and is gone for almost 2 minutes when both DC and Beauty arrive almost simultaneously. DC gets in the box first and Beauty joins him. After DC departs, Beauty did some "housekeeping".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V49F0hx6HDY
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