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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23:08 Maya left the nest for a quick break
Maya home again
23:20
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Karen W said:OMG - the fish that Maya has already eaten part of and fed to the bobs has just flapped and jumped on the nest !!
Piggy-backing on your fantastic capture, KAREN, I've done one with slomo added, as it was spectacular, IMHO :o
IMAGICAT
Still can't see nest clearly in top view as someone's left this light on !
Morning ALL - thanks for the earlier updates/updates
I am hoping the 2 day trend between each hatching continues and #2 hatches today for it will keep the gap minimal ie only 6 days between #1 and #4.
Maya appears to be feeding the chicks just now but can't see very well for the sun glare
soon she covers them once more.
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Maya has got up, grabbed the fish piece and gives the bobs a top up
07:45 Feed Over. Maya swallows the tail, then picks up the fallen bits before covering the chicks again.
Tiger Signature
Tiger - yes I always think 3 days is more the norm but we are unsure, other than egg #1, as to when they were actually laid.