FOBBV🦅Jackie & Shadow Play Tug-Of-Coneilia🙃🍍2024-12-02

[@loulou-zd1dz]

I hope old man winter will be kind this year. This beautiful couple deserves eaglets.

[@trishabaran1521]

They sure do ! Broke my heart last year sitting on those eggs in the most brutal weather. So sad 💔 I think all of us will be praying for little 🦅 this year . They certainly deserve little eagles 🦅 💕🦅

[@melmasi5098]

​@@trishabaran1521💯❤❤❤❤❤

[@maryannwaruszewski4229]

Yes! I hope with all my heart they are rewarded with eagles that fledge this year! Thank you!

[@pattiwalker5610]

Agree

[@Drewacct]

It is so true.

[@carmelrankin9362]

Two amazing birds. How lucky we are to see their lives close up. Thank you Cal. I really love and admire them.❤❤❤

[@lb1460]

Jackie and Shadow definitely have a very unique, and special nest decorating style.😊❤🦅🦅

[@harriet5021]

Pinecones always add class to a nest.

[@GoldenPaloAlto]

It's a good luck pinecone for baby eagles!

[@sharonwilliamson8179]

Amazing birds. I have been watching their love affair for a couple of years now...amazing

[@tottiemitchell6737]

Coney Island fun

[@sharon2434]

That big pinecone is like a mock egg, they can use it as a positioning tool in the nest building. They are so smart.

[@sophieh9387]

Coneilia is quickly becoming part of the Eagle Fam. ❤

[@dayzemae9015]

They just love that pinecone!❤

[@suzannewillis817]

Shadow :" let's put the pinecones over here!" Jackie :" nope I like it where I had already put it !"

[@lisat9802]

The moment Shadow lands in the nest, JAckie grabs the pinecone in her beak, "Mine, mine,mine!" LOL

[@melmasi5098]

😅

[@suzannewillis817]

Gives you the feeling of her saying " get your own pinecones shadow !" 🤣

[@ach_komm_geh]

since J&S know it's Coneilia they took care about it and gave Coneilia a safe place in the nest, because they need the space for some other important things :)

[@baronepam]

Every year there's a pine cone

[@CelesteMcNeil-xw6uz]

Tug of Conellia! I love it! They love having Conellia as part of the decor, it is truly a special yearly ritual. Shadow absolutely adores her, always wants to be close and under her, so so devoted. These two are definitely one, Soul mates and I thank God for them!

[@MardyR925]

What a beautiful pair! They look so healthy and well. Jackie- you have him locked in your talons and forever yours. Such a loving and cooperative pair. They give new meaning to old fashioned term, “necking!” And “beaking out!” So lovey!

[@feliciavetrone1561]

They sure enjoy their pinecones :)

[@leslieloveless788]

I’m in awe over the quality of the video and sound. Love these two and it’s a pleasure observing them daily. Thanks FOBBV

[@nostalgik._]

Just love how Jackie makes a perfect landing in the nest 🪹🦅❤️

[@robynperdieu3434]

It seems like she is more graceful than ever! I'm impressed with her smooth landings. 😎🦅🐟🌲

[@roserussom335]

So regal. So elegant. What a remarkable sight they are!

[@christinevandewark]

Coneilia is their egg until Jackie delivers Shadow and her EGG! ❤🦅🪺🦅❤

[@sarahmarks7082]

Shadow (I think ❤) gently moving Coneilia at the 02:00 mark: ' Got you in just right... ' Part of me is a little worried about the lack of fluff, but Jackie and Shadow have broken these branches down into mulch-sized pieces, so they may be fine without the fluff 🦅 Praying for eggs 🥚 and chicks 🐥🐤 for this beautiful couple!

[@ninettaflores7515]

lol big Jackie I love how she flew under and just looked at the Pinecone We have work to do

[@Yanquetino]

Some digging into the basement. Molting beaks? Definitely short days when the infrared kicks in before 5:00. I saw they were still in the RT this morning. Their companionship is touching.

[@louisegibbons6567]

I very much hope to see babies this year❤

[@neillaferty]

Love how Shadow enters the picture at 16:46:54 (cam time).

[@jenk6475]

❤

[@PatriciaHain-uw8vx]

Sorry😟 but will always be Jeffrey to Me🤗

[@MrPaoTrieu]

Two eagles are working hard to build a nest.

[@RunwithScissors69]

I cannot wait until they lay some eggs. This is the best eagle cam on you tube.

[@Sean-t3v7y]

Hello me luvleys 🦅🫶🦅🤗👋

[@michaelhalahan]

S coming in 'round Robin's barn Route ' to Nest --but without any Avionics special moves like topping the Simba Limb while hitting one end of a carried Stick at some point on the straight up portions . Not much of that in recent flights inbound.. " Tug-of-Coneilia" meaning escapes my understanding. Never heard it before ? Thanks Cali for a typical fly in by our E Pair.. Always a thrill to see them come in in various ways and directions!

[@cannedkitty]

‘Coneilia’ is the name the FOBBV fan community voted on for the pine cone that’s been sitting in the nest since October.

[@melmasi5098]

What @cannedkitty said. Plus, it's a play on the common saying "tug of war" because they are fiercely possessive of silly cone Coneilia!😂

[@michaelhalahan]

@@cannedkitty Thanks for the fill in info.

[@davidvietri7248]

The pine cone is their version of a Christmas Tree. They are debating where it should be ❤

[@CarlDavis-w8v]

Winter or not, they are built for that. It's up to them to take care of the young properly. Hopefully she lays a fertilized and viable egg or eggs. Hopefully this year will work out.

[@jannaday3299]

I wonder if they are getting pinenuts out of that pinecone??

[@kimers12660]

That’s what I’ve been thinking 💭

[@LaurieFloodTeacher]

​​@@kimers12660 I'll third that. Jackie yanks her head from side to side with the pine cone in her mouth. That seems to be enough to open the pine cone for the nuts to be accessible in that particular part. I'm thinking it's supplementary food for long incubation times in the snow. I'm not sure if she got the idea by watching the squirrels, or if she figured it out by accidentally chewing on a pine nut when she aerated the nest. She continues to show us that she is a very smart bird.

[@SW13333]

S+J's 1st year together, Shadow began placing a pinecone in the nest. Jackie disliked it and would toss it overboard - Shadow would retrieve it or find another one :) I think it was the next year she began accepting it I've also thought - maybe it could ward off predators - if a snake tried to bite it, it would soon realize to stay away. Just my thoughts. Take Care - Stephanie

[@nickitighe9163]

Jackie is such a house cleaner. Always rearranging things. Now the pinecone needs to go. 😅

[@techshabby0001]

I wonder what makes the camera go black & white? 🤔

[@AngelaS-v2q]

It is the infrared light which comes on at dusk (sometimes you may see a slight flash when this happens), and then night vision kicks in. It is not visible light to humans or eagles (or other warm blooded creatures) but is only visible to the camera lens which allows us to see the nest at night.

[@melmasi5098]

That technology is just wonderful for us, isn't it!❤

[@winzt9]

Lol 🦅 🦅

[@gentrykoda]

That's not much of a tug. LOL 😜

[@vickikelly3059]

Is that pine cone a substitute for her baby?

[@AngelaS-v2q]

Jackie brought this pinecone to the nest on Oct 20th. Usually they drop from the canopy above the nest. In the past, both her and Shadow have de-coned it while sitting in the nest, and the small bits stay in the nest bowl. They've brought in pinecones in the past but it is not something they usually do. Last year we had an abundance of pinecones at one time that dropped in from above and it was fascinating watching it get moved around the nest. It doesn't deter them from anything at all and they even step on it at times.

[@robynperdieu3434]

I've watched Jacqueline lie on it like an egg, so I think it's kind of a tool to get the nest just right for the eggs.

[@honusmom5144]

Goodness. I hope they don’t treat any eaglets like the chick stunt double. 😬

[@virginiawallace3557]

What is with that pinecone?

[@ksojerio]

That's Jeffrey.