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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21:22 Nightcam scene. All chicks are tucked in or are close as they can be to Maya (a clod of nesting material is on the far right of the nest)
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33 took away a scrappy fish leftover @ 04:33:
But he's back already, it looks as tho Maya would like to feed breakfish but there isn't any - well I can't see if he brought anything back :-/
Morning ALL - thanks for updates and captures. Especially pleased to see there was an evening feed last night and all fed - thanks Sandra:-)
Today chick #1 is 18 days old, #2 is 16 days, #3 is 14 days and #4 is 11 days old.
05:00 day cam
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05:25 Maya rises to feed the chicks from a small fish piece\tail end on the nest
#4 in front being fed
#4 getting a few pieces and only one other chick interested just now
05:30 Intruder - Maya mantles
05:32 Maya resumes feeding - #4 gets another couple of bits
05:33 Maya finishes off the tail end. Feed over
05:35 Maya settles down beside the chicks
Video of 05:25 Feed\Intruder
05:41 33 arrived.
33 stayed a couple of minutes then flew off.
Off now - BBL
FISH @ 07:26
07:26 Feed: Maya grabs hold of it - chicks up and the fish is flappin !!
#4 up first, in front and being fed :
07:30 #4 gets a big chunk
07:36 Mays continues to feed all four chicks
07:45 #4 turned away a couple of minutes ago - older chicks still eating
07:49 Feed over - all chicks well fed