Jim G. reports:
#7142 09:13am - 09:47am
09:13am Mother and chick are sharing a rather large fish. No sign of the male.
09:30am Mom and chick are still eating.
09:44am The meal is finished. The female takes flight.
09:47am The chick settles in the nest.
observer reports:
#7142 02:16pm - 02:38pm
02:16pm Female and 1 chick in nest. Female is shading chick with spread wings.
02:23pm Female is making repeated calls and scanning the sky. Both are standing.
02:34pm Female calling more frequently.
02:38pm Chick settles in nest and female resumes shading the chick.
observer reports: #7142 05:04pm -05:23pm
05:07pm Male arrived at nest with a fish(not the one hanging on the side of the nest). He dropped fish in nest and flew. Female began feeding chick.
05:23pm Female still feeding chick and taking an occasional bite for herself.
Observer comments: Still no signs of chicks in either nest, despite claims by the alligator boat operators that there are “juveniles” in nest #7142. Some gentle probing revealed that the two people who making the claims were passing along things heard from others. I am observing with a 60X spotting scope, so I have a very close and clear view of the nest
observer reports: 02:18pm - 02:58pm
02:18pm Adult sitting low in nest.
02:24pm Male circling above nest and calling. Female responding to his calls.
02:25pm Male flies away.
02:46pm Female frequently scans the sky, but no sign of the male since 02:25pm.
02:58pm Observation terminated.
Observer reports: 03:47pm - 04:44pm
03:47pm Adult (later determined to be the female when she briefly stood up) sitting low in nest.
03:54pm Male caught a fish near the nesting tree, landed nearby and ate.
04:10pm Male landed on edge of nest, stayed about 15 seconds and then flew away.
04:17pm Male attempted to catch another fish, failed and landed in tree next to nest.
04:41pm Female stood up in nest, made some some adjustments and resettled in incubation position.
04:44pm Observation terminated.
The incubation date of 4/24 is a total guess since this nest was not discovered until late April. The person who found the nest thought there was a chick in it, but subsequent observations indicate incubation is continuing. We will try to figure this out.
Observer reports: 01:23pm One adult on nest - seems to be incubating.
01:38pm Adult making adjustments on bottom of nest - maybe turning eggs.
01:42pm Adult standing on edge of nest, cleaning or making adjustments.
02:01pm Adult stood on edge of nest for about 30 seconds then flew.
Adult had heavy streaking on breast - probably female.
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