12-27-2022 Let Me Help

Early yesterday morning, even with storm winds picking up, Shadow first, then Jackie started bringing sticks to the nest. They each brought one shortly after a little nearby togetherness fun (given away by their mating vocals!) Later in the morning they were back at the nest bringing a stick, leaving and bringing another--rather than going to the ground to pick up sticks, they’ve been observed finding their sticks still attached to the trees. They break the dead sticks right off the trees to bring to the nest. In the mid-morning, Jackie brought a gargantuan bundle of fluff. She worked diligently to spread it out across the nest bowl and then laid down on top of it to flatten the fit into exactly the right shape… …and just as it was feeling about perfect, helpful Shadow dropped into the nest with his stick contribution…which he put right on Jackie’s back! She’s apparently so focused on getting the nest ready that it didn’t seem to even bother her. She popped up and started helping him move o