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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33 has arrived with another FISH @ 15:13
33 stands while Maya keeps feeding the chicksl
15:14 33 flies off with it
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Maya is feeding the chicks again
#4 in front and getting a bit :-D
16:00 Maya has stopped feeding and steps away (it is the silvery fish so 33 has been in with it when the cam was down)
chicks still in front of fish - unsure why she has stopped?
LOL #4 has fallen asleep on top of the fish - maybe that is the reason :-D
off for a bit now - SYL
16:36 Maya has collected the fish and a feed begins
16:39 All but #4 interested at the moment
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16:43 #4 snoozing
16:44 Now joined its siblings
16:52 #4 has a solo feeding
Crop filling up nicely
16:57 #4 has had enough
17:04 Spoke too soon! lol
17:07 Feed over
17:10 Maya went for a quick break
17:12 Maya returned
Off to cook my dinner now. BFN
thanks Sandra - enjoy your dinner :-)
17:29 Maya has been for a splash
Maya then takes off, probably up to the cam post to preen
17:40 33 arrives, grabs the fish
and flies off with it
17:43 Maya arrives with some hay
Maya takes off again
17:45 33 arrives wing flapping / mantling
17:47 Maya returns. 33 still mantling. Both looking up but I could not see the threat
17:48 33 flies off.
I hope #4 is OK. Always a worry when there is an intruder about and 33 lands, as he needs to do to defend, but #4 is usually on its own in the middle of the nest.
Edit: its fine - soon up having fish as per next posts :-D