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Summary of the season so far:
Maya arrived back 12 March and Blue 33(11),on 14 March. The pair are currently incubating three eggs - #1 laid 28 March, #2 laid 31 March and #3 on 3 April.
Maya and 33 have incubated these eggs for 34 days now and in a few days we should see the first hatching of the season and another record broken!
Maya having another nosh ... 33 has his eyes on the fish :-)
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But he will wait until Maya and the bobble are fed first then he will take his share.
33 arrives and takes the fish
then flies off with it
33 will have his share now and will bring back any left overs later or when Maya calls him in.
11:27 Edit: And he has ! When I have been out 33 has been back and left the fish
Chick number 2 has hatched. Maya excels again with short timespan between hatches.
SECOND HATCH
Yesss!!
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Birdies LG DU update.
Thanks Alan, just noticed your post in the excitement.
My goodness, I just looked in as 33 back on the nest and saw the other little bobble.
Maya feeding #1 just now as 33 looks on
Maya flies off giving us a clear view
two bobbles
and the proud dad
OMG 2 bobbleheads As somebody said earlier, just what we needed
Love that last capture of 33 looking at his 2 kids Is he surprised too?
Oh no! "Ouch! Playback error" and I have refreshed 3 times
Wow! Lovely news. Thanks for all the captures from this morning.