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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Cathy - I honestly don't know and Sandra - yes we need to see the shell:-) Maya is still shoogling away and the fish remains lying where 33 left it.
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust But I must go now - Night ALL
22:29 A bob shot out a PS onto the fish! lol
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23:02 Maya is sleeping soundly. Hopefully there'll be 4 bobs for breakfish in the morning
A scooter-by while Maya was on flyabout:
I'm sure there will be more revealing opportunities than this by the time you're on duty again, KAREN, but anyway here's Maya's flyabout - I can't make out the number of chicks and can't see the egg at all!
A perky one, no doubt the eldest:
Goodnight all!
IMAGICAT
Morning ALL and thanks for all the updates.
Today Chick #1 is now 1 week old! - #2 is 5 days and #3 is 3 days old.
I wonder if #4 has hatched yet?
Same pic as above but I am wondering what this is?
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It could be a broken shell! Hopefully we will get a view when the sun glare lessens and Maya rises
Edit: It is a feather (can be seen in next post when 33 visits and moves the nesting material around)
Missed 33 arriving but he has a stick and trampling about the nest!!
close up of the chicks
33 continues to prance about in a destructive way
And now a nest scrape - just what is he doing??
Video of 33's Disruptive Visit
He has flown
33 has returned and once more moving nest material then scraping and actually forcing Maya to rise!
Can clearly see three bobbleheads
close up
33 has flown and Maya now tidying up