Highlights
Highlights from the FOBBV YouTube Team: ⬇️4/3
* The Big Bear Nest Diaries: The morning was quite breezy as the wind went through Jackie’s feathers. 🪶 We did observe a Red-tailed Hawk strafing Shadow on the CS around 7:50, he stood his ground and gave out many warning calls. Shadow took over incubating at 7:51, while Jackie went to the Lookout Snag. 🥳 Pip Pip Hooray, At 10:02 we saw a pip! 🎉 At 14:42 the pip site on the right egg is visibly larger, making some good progress. 🥚 Shadow brought a couple fish, and while Jackie did take a few bites, a lot of it stayed in the pantry for later. She even feeds Shadow a couple bites of it around 16:49. Shadow spent a bit of time on the tippy top of a pine tree 🌲 at 19:17, while Jackie continues to care for their eggs. 🌙 Roost Snug Jackie & Shadow, we love you! ♥️
* Quiet Moments: The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived. In the early morning, a tiny, fragile crack on one of the eggs, our very first confirmed pip broke through the silence. For those watching closely, it felt like the entire world paused in that moment, not just a pip itself but what it represents. Every hour of incubation, the fluff that was carefully placed and every shift exchanged led to this. And now we wait for that first hatchling to greet the world.
* Daily Fun Fact: “UNZIPPING” Hatching, also known as “unzipping”, is a physically demanding process where an eagle chick (eaglet) must break through its tough shell entirely on its own. Before hatching the chick uses its egg tooth , a small, sharp, calcified bump on the tip of its beak to poke a hole into the air cell at the blunt end of the egg. This gives the chick its first breath of air. After resting 12-24 hours, the chick uses its egg tooth and a specialized hatching muscle in its neck to crack the outer shell. This creates the first visible “pip” or hole outside the egg, then the actual unzipping begins. The chick uses its legs to slowly pivot its body counterclockwise inside the egg.. As it rotates it strikes the shell with its egg tooth, creating a circular link of scratches and small holes around the wider end of the egg. The final push, after weakening the shell. The chick uses its shoulders and legs to give a series of powerful “expansive bursts”. This forces the “cap” of the egg to pop off, allowing the wet, exhausted chick to tumble out. 🐣🪶
* Daddy Duties: Shadow had 6 nest 🪺 visits, 13 incubation sessions, 16 egg rolls. Total nest time for Shadow was 3 hours, 17 min. Bringing 2 fish to his Queen Jackie. 🐟
📊 Today’s Tallies:
💠Egg Rolls: 38
💠Jackie (J): 22 hours, 17 min in nest, 2 sticks
💠Shadow (S): 3 hours, 17 min in nest, 1 stick, 2 fluff, 2 fish
This week's Puzzles prepared by: Christina B ⬇️
It's Puzzle Friday! 🧩 This week's puzzles are here!!🥳😊 On Your Mark, Get Set, … GO!! ⏱️ Good Luck!
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