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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13:01 No more #4?
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13:22 #4 wing stretch
13:27 4 very satisfied chicks
13:32 All together in a sleepy huddle
Thanks for the earlier updates Sandra
14:21 Another feed underway #4 up front
Older chick being fed over the top of #4. The other two show no interest
14:29 older chick moves away - #4 lying down?
Another chick feeds while #4 has a snooze. It mustn't be hungry!
14:37 change over - one finishes and the other older chick goes back up.
#4 continues to snooze. Could it possibly be that #4 is sitting out a feed ??
04:45 no more interest - not even #4!
Maya now enjoys some fish to herself
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13:22 Feed in progress for #4 and an older chick
14:24
14:29 There were no more takers...
14:30...then the older chick on the right made its way forward before changing its mind...
...but got up again and made its way over to Maya to be fed
14:39 A chick from the left side of the nest approached Maya and is now getting fed too
14:46
14:48 Maya eating for herself
Karen W said:
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A pleasure, Karen