Saturday, April 4, 2015

Well it was a good morning.  I got there at 5:30 am and started taking pics to see where everyone was at especially since most people including the mods believed Harriet wasn't the one that stopped by the nest last night and was still gone according to their accounts and video. It was very hard for me to believe that after watching E6 with Mom and E6's vocals when she landed next to him, that it wasn't Harriet we were seeing.  Well E6 is in the nest tree on the branch above the attic branch  looking towards the front pine trees so I tried to get pics of them but they are so full  I couldn't find Harriet yet.  So I sat there waiting. E6 was vocalizing and finally I heard Harriet around 6:00 -6:05 am. It's a shame that so many people had to worry all night wondering where Harriet was . Harriet IS the one that showed up on the nest at  7:56 pm  with E6  stayed for a about 4 minutes and left out.. the right side of the nest  and went to the front pine tree's and stayed the night. Of course you don't see all of that on the video. I was told that Harriet arrived home around 1:00 am from Bob's this morning.... I guess some people think I'm an idiot if they think I believed that shit !....SMH.... It's a good thing one of the photographers was there last night when Harriet came in and got a photo of Harriet next to E6.. time stamp on photo 7:59 pm . Thank You Nora Lang .
  I did not see Harriet leave the front pine tree, but by the way E6 was vocalizing and the direction he was facing it was obvious  to me she headed north / west towards Bob's. E6 left the nest tree and landed on the left pond tree facing towards Bob's. PB finally came out from the front tree and landed in the right pond tree also facing towards Bob's. Both of the guy's ( I think E6 is a male, thats why " I " say he) looking for Harriet.E6 stayed in the left pond tree for a bit then went to the Church tree. PB stayed where his was at.
 E6 then decided it was time to check out the pond again this morning. Seems to be a bit of a regular thing right now with E6 . This time ,with a crows help E6 landed on the high side of the pond closest to the Church under the tree where the horse's like to scratch their backs on the limbs hanging down. What a treat for us on that side.

 E6 walked/ran checking out the tall grass and looking out for the crows that must have a nest in the area. I'm telling you, I just giggle to myself every time I see any of them on the ground walking. They look so funny. They don't walk very well it's more of like a waddle/run thing.  E6 walking around and found some more horse poop to play with.
He also found some thing else but I couldn't tell what it was. Done with that E6 flew around the pond and landed in further and we couldn't see him so I went back to  my chair and waited for him to fly back.  The whole time E6 was at the pond,PB sat in the right pond tree, almost like he was babysitting...LOL Well at least he wasn't following Harriet wherever she was at. PB got bored with that and flew to the nest tree landed in the upper right branches. It didn't take long for E6 to see him there and head for the nest tree just vocalizing his displeasure of PB being in the nest tree.
 E6 continued to let PB know he was not welcomed in "His" nest tree. Soon PB left headed east.
While E6 was busy in the nest tree , PB flew in real low and fast and went straight to the pond. Now there was some discussion on this , some thought Harriet some thought PB. Now I have to explain that when PB is flying or Harriet their neckline looks very close to the same so we have to look real hard when using that ID marker. It was pointed out to me a few times when I and another person were comparing photo's to make sure we had the right ID. Also PB's tail is not as dirty as Ozzie's , it's about the same as Harriet's. So you have size and the black spot behind PB's left eye if you're lucky he's flying the right way to get it. PB also has a couple of black specks in his tail that you can see if he has his back to you when landing ..
Ok so PB is down at the pond and E6 paying him no never mind , still looking towards the river area for Mom. If it was Harriet as some think it was, E6 would have been down at the pond with her not in the nest tree looking the other way.. After some time PB flies to the  Church tree . E6 still not paying any attention to him. This to me is another indicator that it's not Harriet. Now we are all still waiting on Harriet to show up when we spot a Juvie flying around the front of the west pasture. E6 also spots it. I'm sure this one has been around before but I couldn't get a good ID on it. Well E6 moves from the upper branch down to the attic branch and it looked like he was mantling. E6 is vocalizing and then the next thing we know ,E6 takes off. OMG ! I thought for sure he was going after the Juvie but thank God he flew to the very front pine by the road. Wheew!
From this perch ,E6 has a very good view of across the road. E6 is still keeping an eye out for Mom in that direction. I'm sure he already sees her off in the distance.  Sure enough, off goes E6 just a squealing and then we see Harriet coming across the road with a crow hot on her tail. E6 flies out from the tree circles out around the nest tree and heads back ,lands on the attic branch waiting for Harriet and vocalizing the whole time. Harriet is vocalizing and trying to shake the crow as she flies towards the nest tree and around old cam 2 tree then up on the upper branch. E6 lays down in the nest after all this. I look back across the road and see an Adult and a Juvie . I'm guessing it's PB and the Juvie we saw a bit ago .                                                                                                                               


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               













                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 I'm getting my stuff together to leave and let the rest figure out who's who. I needed to go, I have been at the nest awhile all ready was getting tired. LOL                                                                                

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