Chills, Thrills and a Laugh -- Yesterday's Field Notes

The great thing about Donna's Field Notes is that you never know what she will choose to include, like, for instance, her deadpan notation for 4:20 p.m.

Note that Lola is spending increasing amounts of time off the nest. I think that girl knows her release from bondage is nigh.


Field Notes 5-15-05

Sunset 8:07 PM (NYT),
Temp. 73F,
Humidity 79%,
Partly cloudy, some rain,
Wind calm
Prey Tally-4 Robin nestlings

All times PM unless otherwise noted.

Alice reports that Pale Male was already on the nest
for this shift sometime before she arrived at 1:00.
3:48 Pale Male on nest, Lola Oreo antenna.
4:17 Lola up and toward Ramble from antenna, Pale Male
stands on nest, watches.
4:20 Man jumps in MB Pond fully clothed.
4:42 Lola discovered on right antenna of The Crows.
4:47 Pale Male stands on 927 nest, then off to
slightly N of bench, over and into Thornless Honey
Locust in area next to road.  Pale Male stands on
branch and Robin's nest, eats three nestlings, doesn't
twitch while mobbed by 13 Robins, one on branch
directly over his head.  Lola circles above 927 and
Woody.
4:49 Cormarant passes over.
4:56 Pale Male takes fourth nestling to adjacent tree,
prepares it.
5:00 Pale Male off tree with prey and circles above
area, Lola appears circling.
5:01 Pale Male circles over 927, Lola on nest.
5:03 Pale Male lands on nest gives prey to Lola, she
eats.
5:04 Pale Male off nest to N.
5:08 Lola off nest to N.
5:10 Pale Male arrives back at nest, stands, looks all
directions.
5:12 Pale Male begins to settle in concave, then up
and arranging concave.
5:13 Lola from Madison between 927 and Woody to Linda
1, back to bench, leaning over.
5:14 Pale Male on nest, gulls circle above Octogon.
5:15 Pale Male still looking S, Lola?
5:20 Lola to nest from Linda, stands in concave.
5:22 Pale Male off nest and perches Ship Shape top
railing, Gull above.
5:25 Pale Male up and circles Octogon and Ship Shape,
then perches railing of Ship Shape.
5:32 Lola stands on nest, head in concave, then
settles .
5:34 Lola stands, off nest.
5:35 Lola flies to Ship Shape and perches a foot to
the right of Pale Male.  They sit.
5:37 Lola up and to square end of Striped Awning
railing with tulips, on Woody. Back turned to Pale
Male. Pale Male has turned to watch her.
5:39 Lola up and circles between  Oreo and Stove Pipe.
5:41 Circles N of Oreo. Pale Male watches from railing
of Ship Shape, Lola lands on Oreo Grate.
5:42 Pale Male up and off Woody lands on nest, leans
head into concave then settles.
5:59 Pale Male far down in nest.
6:15 Lola still on Grate.
6:44 Lola up, perches on corner cornice near top of
Linda.
6:47 Lola moves to fence on roof between linda and
next S.
6:48 Lola to S corner of first cirved level of The
Crows, posterior to bench.
Offsite next exchange.
7:48 Lola leaves nest.
7:51 Pale Male arrives on nest.
8:18 Pale Male still on nest.
Exit
Submitted-Donna Browne