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NSW - Charles Sturt University - 2018 / Xavier & Diamond
burdi:
On August 30 at 5:54 am Xavier arrived without breakfast and was only allowed a 15 minute stay on the eggs; Diamond returned at 6:09 am. I don’t know if he’s stashing food but it’s becoming more likely because they do need to protect the eggs. Their routine has seemed a little strange lately, and there’s been plenty of chat about an intruder. I wonder if Cilla has any observations from outside the nest; she's mentioned there’s a possibility that past offspring could be visiting.
Last night was still quite cold in Orange, and at 6:20 am this morning the temperature was -5.4°C.
burdi:
Xavier stopped by at 12:26 pm and certainly had something to say, but for some reason he left very quickly. Later, at 2:45 pm, he finally got another opportunity to incubate their eggs! I didn’t see any food brought in though it could have been stashed somewhere.
And now it’s over two hours later and he’s still there!
burdi:
Diamond returned to incubate at 11:10 am.
burdi:
Today is August 28 in Orange and they’re expecting a high of 10°C, though the nights are quite frosty again.
I was happy to see Xavier bring breakfast at 7:08 am, and he then headed straight to egg duty. There have been ins and outs since then, of course, but I haven’t been able to keep track.
Okay, here’s the latest - Xavier stopped by at 10:26 am and it appears that Diamond agreed he should take over! I hope he gets to stay awhile. :)
burdi:
I happened to notice the wrong time in my post at ”23:56” and felt I should make a correction. Yes, Diamond was on the eggs about 1:38 pm, August 27 (checked my pics), but while posting I forgot that she quickly up and left and Xavier slipped in for a bit. So it was 1:54 pm when Diamond insisted she was taking over for poor little Xavier!
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