Continued from Manton Bay – March 2020
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here
The season so far:Mar 16: Blue 33(11) returned 07:12Mar 16: Maya returned 13:16Mar 29: Egg #1 laid 20:52
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33 was warning off an unseen intruder a few minutes ago, I think the threat has passed now (bottom cam was frozen):
IMAGICAT
I know Patily and she is still sitting it out.
They are so dedicated enduring all weathers to protect their eggs
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FISH @ 17:13
33 arrives with a fish/piece to share with Maya
Maya flies off
33 settles down to incubate
Maya has returned, arranges the sticks and soon 33 rises
33 stumbles and stands on the eggs as they change over!!
33 flies off
Maya takes over incubating
Ah bless - Maya dozing just now
And I am off for a snooze too LOL BFN
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