Archer is now on the eggs...so A&B are OK

And another thought to keep in mind-if there are eggs at KP, Archer's arrival & departure schedule here will likely change depending on when Unity needs/wants a break.  And he doesn't know her preferences yet.

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check out the position of the owlet in the foreground. It's a bit dark, but nice.

You did see Chris' post today...#5 the adoptee left the nest box last night...

Could that be the reason Archer is so late?  Is he distracting Unity so she doesn't get into a battle with Beauty?  I don't think it was Beauty flying with Archer if two were seen together.  Poor Beauty.  

There are a zillion reasons-none of which we can really know without reading their minds.  

The one thing we do know for sure is everything from TS to KP (+ an unknown perimeter) is Archer's territory and his prime directive is to protect that territory from any & all intruders.  Beauty and Unity are part of his territory so he will protect them and their scrapes & eggs from any & all intruders.  Much more likely he was escorting a "floater" female out of the territory, just as he escorted a "floater" male out of his territory yesterday.

Beauty doesn't seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere.  At this point in the incubation Beauty may be giving him the go away-I'm on duty signal.

Does this mean that hatch watch has begun?

Paul

I can't even guess this year.  I wouldn't think we'd see a hatch until this weekend at the earliest, but with the 8 day gap, who the heck knows.

He was in late yesterday evening-7 something to 8:30-ish.  He'll be there when he gets there. 

Your right Ei, sorry, I missed that. Yeah, he's probably just out and about.

Beauty doesn't seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere.  At this point in the incubation Beauty may be giving him the go away-I'm on duty signal.

He is beyond late!

Has Beauty been in the NB since last night?

I believe so Margaret. I checked the cams, she was in since late yesterday afternoon.

He was in late yesterday evening-7 something to 8:30-ish.  He'll be there when he gets there. 

The first "Name That Prey" of the season!

First thought was goldfinch, but it's too gold to my eyes

they're already falling asleep in there

I can hear the snoring from here...

HAHAHAHAHA

What the %^#$ was that?

Nu-uh!  I'm not going out there again!

7:33 central time, Chris is apparently putting up the owlet bar; I see his hands in there. check it out now.

Had a feeling he'd be doing that this weekend, what with 2 of them climbing to the top now...

Waiting in the wings

the wait is over

OOPS sorry Ei, just came in and didn't refresh

ginha

Great minds and all that 

 
Archer arrives for a late shift