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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Maya took off quickly returning with some hay and spreads it around the nest
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Morning Patily - just walked in to see your post and Maya feeding the chicks. Some captures of the feed
09:10 scene
09:16 still feeding
09:22 #4 now being fed
09:29 33 stands by as Maya feeds an older chick (now flown)
09:32 Feed over - Maya cleaning up
09:35 Maya flies off -
Returning quickly again with some hay which she spreads around the nest
09:42 33 arrived mantling
09:43 Unseen threat passes quickly and 33 now settled
09:44 33 flies off - unsure if he took any fish?
Chicks, unbothered by the commotion, continue to snooze off their fish
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10:05 33 returns with the fish
closely followed by Maya who takes the fish from 33 and then flies off again leaving the fish
and returns with more straw
10:45 33 can't resist a lie down in all that lovely hay Maya has been bringing in :-D
Maya flies off leaving 33 with the chicks LOL
10:49 looking so comfy lol
It's looking a very cosy nest, loved the pics of B33 settled down on the hay, Karen!
13:48 Maya is feeding the chicks
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13:59 Maya brings in more hay
14:02 She's off again
14:05
14:07 Maya returns