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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It would appear from the bottom cam that Maya is feeding the chicks!
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top cam down well there are 3 dots to watch! And now the bottom one is black too!
18:45 all four chicks up
Feed 18:45 to 19:13
18:46 #4 stuck at the back
18:47 cam frozen
18:49 one of the older chicks has had enough and turns
18:50 #4 now got itself in line
18:51 and another bit for #4
18:52 cam down - impossible to follow who is getting what
18:53 another bit - #4 is doing OK and getting fish :-)
cam down again
18:57 - still feeding
19:04 older chicks have turned away but #4 remains :-D
a few extra bits for #4 :-)
19:09 #4 now full and lying down. Older chicks up for seconds
19:13 Feed over. All chicks fed well and no squabbles.
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Richard B
Oh, is that what it was - thanks Richard
#4 has had a lovely solo feed with Maya
Two of the older chicks are up for seconds. Maya stopped the feed. B33 came to the nest
33 has arrived, ate a few bits on the nest and has now flown leaving the fish behind.
That was a big fish 33 delivered earlier - plenty left for later