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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21:02 B33 has arrived on the nest
21:04 Feeding chick #3, the only osplet up to have a few bites
21:08 Eating for himself
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21:12 Maya and the chicks snoozing while B33 continues to eat
21:29 B33 has left the nest
21:33 #4 snuggling into Maya and between #3, on the left, and #1
21:42 So sweet
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Great fun on the nest at 2145 as #4 decides he doesnt like it where he is, so gets up and starts moving round. This starts the others off and all trying to get under Maya, but they are too big. Maya then gets up and there is a mad bundle by all chicks to get underneath her. #4 finally manages to get right in and tucked up in the warm.
All 5 of them now dozing
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Richard B
No beautiful sky this morning instead mist!
and Maya with the chicks around her
Good news it that it should brighten quickly as another lovely warm, sunny day forecast - in fact sunshine all week :-)
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33 arrives with a fish @ 05:33 - difficult to see because of mist
Maya is quickly up and she starts feeding them
05:36 #4 is in front and Maya is speedily dishing out the fish
05:44 #4 now full and turns away
05:46 Feed Over All chicks now turned away / sitting down
Quick feed - perhaps a small fish or it could have been remains from a fish earlier!!
Chicks huddle together as Maya takes a break
Maya returns a few minutes later with a stick and then settles back down with the chicks