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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!
33 brought the fis back to the nest and is standing, companionably..12.27 and he has flown to campost
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
SheilaFE said: 33 brought the fis back to the nest and is standing, companionably..12.27 and he has flown to campost
screen grab @ 12:25
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Between freezes ...
33 has now returned and standing by. Maya was up looking beneath her and has now settled down again.
LS still freezing so I am going to take a break as I need to go out. BBL
33 has flown to the nearby perch
Maya is up - clear view. Doesn't look like the third egg has hatched yet
Maya now feeding the chicks
piece for you
and fish for you
The first two chicks are twice the size of the eggs already!
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I think the third egg has just hatched .. is this its back out of the shell?
I've not been watching the screen, so can't say, sorry
Chick is just coming out. Maya is helping it.
Yay you can see the empty egg shell. She moved it away