HAH!  I remember that day when Beauty and another female were fighting and there were several watchers on the BSB at lunchtime. There was a food truck over by the library, so I walked over to see what kind of food they were serving.  It was poutine.  How appropriate, I thought. 

Sweetness 

From Wikipedia. I guess the proper term is billing...who knew!

Billing
When billing, northern gannets raise their beaks high and clatter them against each other.

During courtship, mated pairs of many bird species touch or clasp each other's bills. Termed billing (also nebbing in British English), this behavior appears to strengthen pair bonding. The amount of contact involved varies among species. Some gently touch only a part of their partner's beak while others clash their beaks vigorously together.

Gannets raise their bills high and repeatedly clatter them, the male puffin nibbles at the female's beak, the male waxwing puts his bill in the female's mouth and ravens hold each other's beaks in a prolonged "kiss". Billing can also be used as a gesture of appeasement or subordination. Subordinate gray jay routinely bill more dominant birds, lowering their body and quivering their wings in the manner of a young bird food begging as they do so. A number of parasites, including rhinonyssids and Trichomonas gallinae are known to be transferred between birds during episodes of billing.

Usage of the term has spread beyond avian behavior; "billing and cooing" in reference to human courtship (particularly kissing) has been in use since Shakespeare's time,and derives from the courtship of doves.

Awww... I like the term "beaking" better, though.  "Billing" has too many negative connotations. 

Sorry Pat.  I was watching Rhea Mae and Tiago together in their nest tray and they were beak to beak for about 5 mins.  Not live streaming video, but it looked the same as what Beauty and Dot.ca did.  I've seen adults do this as well as adult to eyas.

Thanks, Carol.  Maybe it's another sign that B&DC's relationship has reached a new level; that they are more of a couple, like Rhea Mae and Tiago. 

We just had a rather strange bowing session.  Dot was doing some deep bows and coming up almost like he was feeding Beauty something.  I know he wasn't, but that's what it looked like. 

Almost like "Here, have some pebbles, dear.  It'll help."

Seriously, will one of the experts please explain to me what was going on here? I really want to know. Did anyone else see that bowing session?

Okay, why is no one talking to me? Can you not see my posts or am I just being ignored?

I swear I posted before I left for work this morning. I didn't see it but they seem to be beaking. Usually parent & eyas, but I've seen it in adults too.

Description of "beaking"? So interesting.

Thanks for the answers!  Sounds about right.  I had just never seen that before.  It very much resembled a parent-eyas situation, like he was feeding her pebbles.  He would go way down deep into the scrape as if to pick something up in his beak, then come up and twist his neck so his beak was under her beak.  He did this about three times in quick succession.  I'll be curious to see if he does it again.  

We just had a rather strange bowing session.  Dot was doing some deep bows and coming up almost like he was feeding Beauty something.  I know he wasn't, but that's what it looked like. 

Almost like "Here, have some pebbles, dear.  It'll help."

Seriously, will one of the experts please explain to me what was going on here? I really want to know. Did anyone else see that bowing session?

Okay, why is no one talking to me? Can you not see my posts or am I just being ignored?

We just had a rather strange bowing session.  Dot was doing some deep bows and coming up almost like he was feeding Beauty something.  I know he wasn't, but that's what it looked like. 

Almost like "Here, have some pebbles, dear.  It'll help."

Seriously, will one of the experts please explain to me what was going on here? I really want to know. Did anyone else see that bowing session?

We just had a rather strange bowing session.  Dot was doing some deep bows and coming up almost like he was feeding Beauty something.  I know he wasn't, but that's what it looked like. 

Almost like "Here, have some pebbles, dear.  It'll help."

We just had a rather strange bowing session.  Dot was doing some deep bows and coming up almost like he was feeding Beauty something.  I know he wasn't, but that's what it looked like. 

The reason given to my co-worker when he asked one of the employees there was that Tim Horton's is closing all of their cafes in Rochester that don't have drive-through windows.

The Lord forbid we should WALK.

Lots of folks don't have cars downtown.  Many take buses into work and leave their cars at home.  Most business for them would be walk ins. 

I know!  Not fair! 

The reason given to my co-worker when he asked one of the employees there was that Tim Horton's is closing all of their cafes in Rochester that don't have drive-through windows.

MORE BAD NEWS!  The Tim Horton's on Broad Street at the Library is closing.  Their last day is today.   

I think I do too!   

Hmmm...with M&K and B&DC, looks like it's a male-female thing.  Dads on the left, moms on the right.

Wow, almost beak to beak, and Beauty is looking ever so slightly eggy to me.