2-11-2025 Expert Guardians At Work

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Yesterday, before the wet weather started, Jackie and Shadow had the chance to show what great nest guardians they both are.

In the morning, Shadow noticed a potential flying intruder and shouted out a warning for them to stay away. Jackie immediately soared in to the front balcony and created a beautiful duet with Shadow, both chortling loud alerts at the intruder to stay away…

…and while Shadow seemed happy to have the guardian assistance, he was not so pleased when Jackie hopped down to take over nest duties. He flatly refused to get up and said so. No problem. Jackie simply inched her way in, sweetening the deal with little pecks on Shadow’s beak. Ignoring his complaints, she moved closer and closer until he begrudgingly had to get off the eggs.

On his way out, he repositioned a large stuck stick, perhaps making it clear that he got up to rearrange furniture, as opposed to being literally ‘booted’ out of the nest bowl.

But apparently, he didn’t forget about Jackie’s little maneuver. At noon, the stick he brought with him just happened to land right on Jackie’s tail. Of course it was a clear accident, so Shadow immediately moved it off of her. Then, in the middle of Jackie whimpering complaints and Shadow straightening out furniture, some ravens decided to taunt the eagles. Jackie and Shadow instantly pulled together to both keep a close eye on those silly neighbors until they cleared out of the nest’s air space.

Then, right before dusk, Shadow brought a complex ‘Christmas tree’-like stick…which somehow managed to land in the middle of Jackie’s back and tip onto her head. Seeing Jackie couldn’t reach it, Shadow quickly picked it up and moved it in front of her. And they worked together to remove the little twiggy nubs. Even though she couldn’t hold back her tiny squeals, Jackie didn’t push her luck. She politely got up to let Shadow have his turn on the eggs.

Today got a tad snowy and even more wet, but no matter how miserable it looks to us, Jackie and Shadow are built to handle it. And we get to see what fun games they might be playing next.
Sandy

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