Continued from Manton Bay – April 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 20:52Apr 04: Egg #2 first seen 13:27Apr 06: Egg #3 first seen 05:09Apr 09: Egg #4 first seen 07:00
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Kind regards, Ann
FISH @ 19:41
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Strange - I wonder if there is an intruder around although 33 is not mantling but he is just standing at the edge of the nest. Maya makes no attempt to get up to take the fish and then 33 flies off with it.
Short Video of Fish Delivery & 33 Standing then Leaving
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Morning ALL - Day 34
33 arrived with a stick and then settled beside Maya
now turns around :-)
33 gives the eggs a turn
then settles down
About 10 minutes ago, Maya returned
soon 33 rises to let Maya take over
a little stumble
nice view of the eggs as 33 gets ready to fly off
Maya now checks the eggs
and settles
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