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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This capture is for Mary....to prove the point made earlier re#4
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Birdies LG DU update.
Top up for the chicks just now
#4 getting another piece
older chicks now leaning over #4 forcing its head down. But it knows it will get its head up soon and get more fish
Now it has its head up and #4 is getting fish
And now dad has arrived with another fish and flies off while Maya continues feeding
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Feed over, chicks snuggled down and Maya can now watch the duck race :-D
Maya asking "more fish anyone"
and once more, along with the older chick we see #4 getting more
As I posted earlier, apart from the first morning feed, #4 is getting fed.
I'm off now - BBL
Answering KAREN's query re an early fish:
Then another:
Scrolling thru it was obvious that #4 wasn't getting fed at the early feeds, so I thought I'd do a little vid for me and MARY... but my picture froze at this point, just as #4 was coming forward
There's a discrepancy between my timeline and the RSPB system time when KAREN posted 07:31 :-/ But my time is accurate according to all checks.
IMAGICAT
13:02 33 arrives with a large fish
13:05 Maya feeding one of the eldest along with #3
13:05 #4 joins and gets a couple of bits
13:09 All chicks at the table and all reaching out and getting fish
13:20 Maya still feeding them and #4 doing well along with #3.
13:27 Nice to see the older chicks content just to take the odd bit and sitting along side the younger ones who are getting stuffed full of fish
Yes, Maya knows best concentrating on the older chicks in the morning to fill them up thus they just need regular top ups during the day allowing the little chicks the chance to get in line and fed too and without any aggression. Well Done Maya