MANTON BAY – MAY 2019

On a whim - #3 getting a bite at lunchtime.  It may be too zoomed for clarity.

scylla said:

On a whim - #3 getting a bite at lunchtime.  It may be too zoomed for clarity.

Scylla, isn't this snap from the LotL nest? ;)

Checked the nest again just before 19:30 and Maya was already feeding the chicks, I didn't see #4 get anything (unless it did at the beginning) but it did stand up tall, adjust its position and settle back down after yawning

At 19:34, B33 flew in with nesting material and flew off a short time later

19:43 All 4 chicks are settled

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Not for long as one of the larger chicks had its head stood on while nest tidying was going on. It certainly sat up quickly

No harm done though, thankfully :)

Can just see #4's head in the middle of the huddle, being kept warm by its siblings

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05:22 Maya had a flyabout - 2 osplets faced off:

33 has now arrived (and left as I type) and a feed is in progress.

33 back again.  He may be carrying a fish to and fro ???

Well I thought Blue 33 just arrived with 2 fish but I think it must have been nesting material, I need a cup of tea first I think lol.

When I looked in a moment ago Maya was moving a large dark piece of material on the left of the nest. Guess that is what 33 had just brought in?.