Continued from April 2019
The season so far:
Maya arrived back 14 March and Blue 33(11) on 23 March. They are currently incubating 4 eggs laid 2, 5, 8 and 11 April with the first expected to hatch around 9 May
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#1 and #2 now full and #3 and #4 move in for fish
#3 now being fed
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#4 is trying to make its way past the elder chicks
#4 now has itself up and gets a couple of bits of fish
09:06 Maya cleaning up and has slipped #4 another couple of bits as she does so. Maya then returns to the fish and continues to feed #4. One of the eldest joins in but #4 is getting fed too :-)
09:14 Eldest retreats leaving #4 getting as much fish as it wants from Maya :-)
a minute later #4 turns away and collapses in a heap with its siblings - all chicks are stuffed full of fish
Great to see all chicks have had fish. Off now - BBL
Maya giving the chicks a top up just now
#1, #2 and #4 getting more
#3 now getting some - one of the eldest has left the feed
and more for #4 :-)
I've been working on a horrible problem with my latest, always-reliable video editor, and I opened an MB recording from this morning to test it on - and there was a feed during which 4 didn't get up at all !!! So what with the tragic news from LOTL it is a great relief to read your more up-to-date posts re #4. Thank you to you all! <3
IMAGICAT
Scylla - it doesn't surprise me that #4 doesn't get anything first feed for they have gone overnight and will be hungry. #4 just doesn't have the muscle against the eldest chicks and probably wise for it to wait and keep out of trouble. But from what I see, it gets its fish during the day :-)
And just now, Maya is enjoying some fish and #4 wobbles up and of course Maya gives it some :-)
and soon it is zonked out with the rest. #4 appears to be doing OK :-)
An update from Marie
Link >>> Don't tell him Pike
33 arrives with another fish
33 pulls it out from the chicks
Maya now grabs it and starts feeding the chick #1 & #2
14:11 I didn't see #3 bother with any fish but #4, who was at end, got a couple more pieces.
All chicks turned away and are now snoozing.
Maya is now having some fish. Chicks still snoozing but I expect she may get some company :-)
Just watched Maya finish off the fish tail so the last fish 33 delivered is now gone and all chicks got fish from it.
Today, I have really noticed #4 leaving the cutie stage and entering the dinosaur stage.
15:22 Baby Dino (#4) getting fish
16:11 more fish for #4
and it got about another 4 or 5 bits!