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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Oh goodness, Karen!
12:40 33 returns with the fish - another feed
Maya again blocks the view but glimpses show all 3 bobs have their heads up and beaks open. They are fine, strong healthy chicks
12:47 feed over and Maya moves to cover the bobs
close up
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12:40 B33 has brought the fish back. 3 heads up for a feed
Maya is blocking the view of the feed
12:48 Lunch over
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Maya has risen and grabs the fish
once more she is blocking the view but soon moves and we see the bobs being fed
bob has a mouthful of fish :-D
Very short feed and Maya moves round to cover them up again
14:24 Another feed
Chick on the left finally turned around to face the right way
14:35
Feeding over 14:36
Just looked in to see another feed taking place!
all three getting their share of fish
and you
and for you
they are so cute at this stage
33 arrives with the fish in talon
It is still quite blustery. I'll be glad when the wind eases for then we may see more of the chicks