Gabby & Beau had a busy morning with multiple stick and moss deliveries (several even before this footage begins!) Beau arrives to the nest with a stick and places it and then waits for Gabby who will fly in with a stick too! They both do some nest work, aerating the nesting material and moving sticks. When Beau sees Gabby placing her stick at the rails, he wants to help her of course because that is what the man of the house does for his Lady. Well our Gabby is the most headstrong independent female and she does not want Beau touching her stick. She beaks at him several times - he knows the drill. He goes to work on something else to stay busy.

Beau flies off the nest and in less than a minute he returns with a large clump of moss! Perfect to spread around! So Beau works on the moss and some sticks in the center of the nest, Gabby flies off and returns with another stick! It is a big one and she places in on the rails to the front of the nest - Beau figured he should just let her arrange the sticks her way lol But all this nest work has put Beau in the mood so he tries to mate with Gabby but she shut him down really fast! (timestamp 17:31) He didn't even get a chance to swish or get up on her back! Gabby was just not interested today - maybe she had a headache lol 😲 That was the end of the nest work too so Gabby flies off and then Beau will head up to Sunset Branch. Thank you for watching!

Mating attempt timestamp 17:31

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

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