Day 2 — Sparse incubation, brief midday human disturbance

Five eggs visible in the cup throughout the day. Coverage is sparse — most clips show the nest empty.

Early morning, the cup is unattended at 06:22 and 06:23. At 06:41 a male perches on the books above the nest, then leaves. The female appears briefly at 06:42 and is sitting on the eggs by 06:52. By 07:38 she’s gone again. She returns to settle in the final frame at 08:46.

Through late morning the nest sits empty across multiple clips (09:39, 09:40, 10:05, 11:17, 11:19, 12:13, 12:14). She approaches at 09:40:22, perching beside the nest rather than on it.

Around midday she returns at 12:41 to incubate, then a short flurry of activity at 13:07 — she arrives, briefly sits, and departs; a male is on the bookshelf moments later; a blurry bird passes through the frame; the cup is empty again by 13:08.

From 13:20 to 13:30 humans are in the room near the bookshelf. At 13:25 the female is on the eggs while two people move around nearby; she does not flush. At 13:28 a person leans over the bookshelf holding a device close to the nest, and the cup is empty in the clips that follow through 13:30.

She’s back incubating on the Wyze cam at 14:30, off again by 15:53, on again by 15:56. Late afternoon and early evening clips at 16:59, 17:14, 18:55, and 19:19 show the nest empty. A brief visit at 19:09. By 20:03 a bird is settled in the cup.

She tolerated the close human approach mid-afternoon without abandoning, but bouts today were short and intermittent rather than steady.

Pipeline: No infrastructure changes this day.

Day’s metrics.

• Clips: 38
• Sunrise / sunset: 06:18 / 19:54 PT
• On-cup share: 10.1%
• Dad visits: 3
• Feeding clips: 6