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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I trying to see where #4 had positioned itself among the huddle
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This was the last position I saw it Sandra before it settled down. It is behind the older chick :-)
#4 was looking up at Maya as she cleaned up. I think that it had actually just turned away from the feed before Maya moved forward :-)
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Unknown said:
Maya then moved across the nest and started to rebuild the cot rails, they are certainly very high on the left hand side of the nest and a nice clear space in front of them.
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Let's hope some sticks can be built up like that on the right-hand side too, Richard
20:24 B33 was on the nest, Maya appeared to be quite vocal.
He left after the pic above
33 arrives with a fish - missed delivery so unsure if earlier fish being returned?
33 flies off while the chicks are up getting fed again!
intruder as Maya mantling
threat passes quickly and Maya resumes feeding the chicks
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Gosh, that was a quick fishing trip!
Karen W said:
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B33's talons were empty when he flew off at 20:24, Karen. I missed a delivery, if there was one, too
Not a problem at all, Karen, no need to apologise When I saw Maya feeding the chicks I thought he'd brought another fish to the nest!
Yes, I recall the other night's 2 speedy fishing trips. Thanks for the additional info, he's an absolute star!
20:55 Maya has settled the chicks in for the evening