1 11 2023 We have an egg

Jackie laid her first egg of this season at 15:58 this afternoon After sitting in the nest bowl for about 15 minutes this afternoon, Jackie stood up and started puffing her feathers out the obvious sign that she was going into labor. She had apparently been feeling it coming onthis was her 12th visit to the nest today After 2 days of huge storms, she seemed to be getting everything back in order. Each time she visited, she rearranged a couple sticks, sometimes brought a stick or fluff with her (4 sticks and 1 bunch of fluff), sometimes laid down in the nest bowl for a short timeand then it all happened. Making her usual tea kettle whistles as she pushed the egg out, she was in labor for about 6 minutes. And then there was a beautiful egg She rolled it a couple times before sitting, but she sat down only 6 or 7 minutes after laying it. In past years, she usually stood for a much longer time before tucking in on the egg. Shadow was around the area. He visited the nest with Jackie for