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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cam up just now
13:06 33 with his family on the nest
as I type he has flown off
13:08
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very warm, chicks panting and now seeking to shade in Maya's shadow
FISH @ 13:25
one of the chicks is up to it - hope it is dead!
33 feeds the chick
Maya who has made her way round, takes the fish from 33 - its a whopper
13:29 Maya now feeding the chicks (#4 is between its older chicks) and the other one lies at the other side of the nest, not interested as yet
13:35 The older chick turns away and #4 now gets some fish
13:36 33 has flown and #4 is now left on its own for fish but Maya stops!
Maya mantling
13:40 Looking up
13:41 threat soon passes and Maya walks across the nest, the chicks follow
#4 is by the fish :-D
13:43 Maya now stands, and the chicks lying down in front of her
Here is a short video [4mins]
33(11)'s Fish Delivery @ 13:25 & Feeding Chicks
14:11 The cam was frozen and when refreshed 33 was on the nest with Maya up at the fish and the chicks were making their way over.
33 then flew off and it would appear he took the fish with him!!
33 has just returned with the fish
He has left it and #1 is nibbling at the fish !!!
it has now given up and walks up to dad and grabs his toes LOL
33 moves and is followed - it is fascinated with his darvic LOL
back to the fish then up to dad and back to his toes
33 has now flown but never mind, it will be getting its own darvic in a few weeks :-)