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 arrives and grabs the fish
Maya returns and 33 flies off with the fish
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Maya now settled with #4 underneath and the older ones around her
08:05 33 has arrived with the fish
08:07 33 flies off
closely followed by Maya leaving the chicks and fish
a few minutes later, Maya returns and potters about
09:05 Maya giving the chicks a top up
09:08
09:11 #4 getting fish too
09:14 #4 is now getting lots of fish
09:19 #4 turned away and lying down as Maya continues to feed #1
All chicks taking their turn to be fed and all got fish.
Must go for a bit BBS
Morning Karen and all,
Great to see the chicks have been fed really well already today!
10:45 Brief visit from 33 - he has the fish piece in talon
and flies off with it
EdIt; Morning Sandra - yes they have been well fed :-)
I'll be popping in and out all day as doing the dreaded H/W!!
10:55 33 returns
10:58 and has a bit fish on the nest
Scene at 11:23
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