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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Here is a video of the last two minutes of the feed!!
35 secs in, one of the older chicks appears to be pecking down on another and I think we do get a glimpse of #4 towards the end!
Maya rises
33 arrives
Maya starts another feed
Four bobs !
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four bobs with their heads up - #4 is at the back
Video of the 06:32 Feed
About 2mins30 secs into the vid, we see #4 gets some fish :-)
#4 getting fish (from vid)
Birdies LG DU update.
Morning Mike - you're welcome and yes, another season of four. No problems with 33's capabilities as fish are plentiful and he is a great provider but fingers crossed there is good weather for imo that is key. Off for a bit now - BBS
Morning Patily
catch up
07:37 33 arrives and grabs the fish
flies off with it
07:43 Maya takes a break
07:44 33 has now returned with the fish. Maya returns and another feed
07:54 feed over
Video of 07:44 Feed
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