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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Thanks for the updates. Gosh, what a 'to-do' with the 'fight'!
Missed the fish delivery (busy on LotL)
A nice feed for #4
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13:24 #4 resting by the fish
13:28
Before I go, some close up of the chicks
and #4
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Hopefully soon we will start to see some markings developed to easily ID them.
Off now - SYL
We've not seen may 'battles' at all here, which is a blessing!
Edit - lovely close ups of the chicks. My prediction - 1&2 female; 3&4 male
14:07 B33 on the nest, Maya feeding. #4 is in a prominent position again
B33 flew off at 14:10
14:14 #4 has a couple more bites
14:15 B33 in with a clod of nest material
14:18 B33 positioned it here
14:26 Maya on a break. #4 is taking shade under dad
14:28 Maya returned
14:33 Maya off again
14:37 Maya back with some nesting material
14:39 Off she goes again!