It was wonderful to see both Maya and Blue 33(11) return much earlier this year. Maya arrived back on the 21 March and 33(11) on 27 March .
Since arriving back Maya and 33 have reestablished their partnership and are busy preparing their nest to hold these precious eggs which we so eagerly await.
Maya laid her eggs after 9 days last year so we could see eggs anytime from 6 April.
Vespa and Hilary J - thanks for the info about incubation - very interesting!
Today's blog ...... Your fish is on my list
And a mention not to worry about the egg .. they know what they are doing :-)
Thank you Karen. That piece about the incubation or not at this early stage, is interesting, and well thought out.
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Maya, a rainbow and a trout. :-)
33 Takes over, Maya leaves with the fish.
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love the rainbow trout Mary ... good one :-D
Rhapsody in Blue :o I didn't brighten it.
However, a quick "auto-adjust colours" brings out the green a bit, which it's so lovely to see on this nest... any nest!
LOL Karen,
These fish 33 is catching certainly are huge. I am waiting on him settling down beside Maya when she is incubating like he did last year, maybe he won't do that this year now that he is no longer a first time Dad :-)
Scylla - your Rhapsody in Blue - what a gorgeous capture!
Mary - 33 must be a very strong osprey to bring in those fish! I think he will settle down along side Maya when she's incubating. Can't wait on that as it so funny to watch. Mind you, Maya tends to let him get on with it and enjoy her freedom while she can as she will be stuck on the nest when the chicks come along :-)
One thing is will 33 feed the chicks this year? We thought a couple of times that he was just about to last year. One to look out for:-)
Yes, we have got so much to look forward to here :-)
Maya rises and we see there is still just the one egg. She takes a short comfort break and returns to incubate.
Off now ... I wonder if there will be another egg in the morning BFN