3-18-2024 A New Kind Of Flirting!?

Опубликовано: 06 Ноябрь 2024
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While Shadow was on nest duty this afternoon, he noticed Jackie on her way in. At first, things were routine…Shadow complained so loud he snorted, Jackie arrived through the back door, he argued, she twerpled, she moved in closer, Shadow whimpered…
…but then a twist in the plot!
Jackie snuggled right up next to Shadow and pushed her foot down on his back…repeatedly. She kindly folded her talons in, like she does around the eggs, but kept pushing and finally stepped right on top of him so he had to squeeze out from under her to extract himself…
Was she insisting that he get up in a gentle, forceful way?…or maybe giving Shadow a little back massage as a new way of flirting?…Shadow had some things to say about it on his way out. But the twists kept coming.
First, brave Jackie sat through some loud falling hail and a few clashes of startling thunder. And after the sun came out, she announced a fish was on its way, but seemed to purposely miss the delivery and let Shadow have it all to himself!
Then finally, near sundown, came what might have been building all afternoon…
While Shadow was on the nest, he suddenly got up and left…
…and Jackie, on the Lookout Snag, started calling out and getting into position…
…as Shadow flew in to join her there…
…for a sweet bit of mating!
Afterward, they both announced it to the world as they sat side by side for a few moments. Then Shadow went straight back to his nest duty.
Does this mean a 2nd clutch might be laid?…it could…but before that can happen, they would have to move on from sitting on these eggs. And neither one seems ready to do that quite yet.
As usual, we will excitedly keep watching to see what happens next.
Sandy

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