Jan 4 and 5: Incubation ongoing

[NewMexiKen]

Sorry for late posts-- I have been "under the weather"

On January 4 we stopped at the nest after the wetlands walk and observed from about 9:40 AM to 10:25. All this time the male (Pride) was visible, possibly sitting a bit  higher than when incubating. This was the projected hatch date for the first egg. The female was not in sight.



I watched the nest on January 5, from about 10:30 to 11:10 AM and found the male (Pride) roosting on the right nest support branch with the female (Jewel) so deep in the nest that I thought it was empty. She showed her head only a couple of times. Seems to still be incubating despite my impression yesterday that Pride may have been "tenting." Been careful watching to confirm hatch of first egg which was expected to happen the day before.