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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Richard B
33 has now flown. The older chicks looking over the nest with Maya - can't see #4 yet
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Maya is feeding the chicks from a fish piece left earlier
33 has now returned
33 flies off and #4 is now in line too and getting fish
13:06 Feed over
top cam back up - it has been down / playing up for a bit, also the bottom cam
Maya appears to have been off for a bath as she is looking quite fluffy and preening as she shades the snoozing chicks
Karen W said:Thanks for holding the fort yesterday Sandra while I was indisposed - appreciated.
Thanks for holding the fort yesterday Sandra while I was indisposed - appreciated.
Hi Karen, lovely to see you back
Sorry I couldn't have added more to yesterday's activity.
Many thanks for today's updates!
not at all Sandra for it was brilliant what you did post and you have to work too which IMO should be banned in osprey season LOL The chicks are getting big now! I saw one standing yesterday and for the past few days we have been seeing some wing stretching!!
Hopefully a fish will arrive soon :-)
Maya picks up some fish pieces and chicks are quickly up and around her
No fish bits and they line up looking down the bay
#4 still looks so small but once the older ones stop growing it will eventually catch up :-)
FISH @ 14:59
Maya quickly gets hold of it and the chicks are up
she starts feeding
15:02 33 flies off and all four chicks are in front of her
#4 getting its fish too :-)
Edit: Feed Over 15:20.