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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21:31 Awww...
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21:35 Nightcam on
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22:14 Could this be the first time Maya doesn't brood the chicks overnight?
Sandra P said:
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22:23 No, she's covering them as best she can
Morning Patily and ALL - thanks Sandra for last night's updates/captures.
Today Chick #1 is 23 days old, #2 is 21 days, #3 is 19 days and #4 is 16 days old.
And another glorious day ahead of them
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07:16 Older chicks turns on its sibling - this is the first squabble we have seen in a while :-(
plucks a feather!
Maya defuses the situation feeding the chick
Video of Chick turning on its sibling @ 07:16
07:23 Maya grabs the fish and two older chicks get in line
she starts to feed them
something overhead - 33 takes off and the chicks flatten
07:34 Maya starts to feed again.
#4 who has been asleep at the back, wakens up
07:37 #4 now is being fed
07:42 33 arrives with a large stick
07:43 the older chick who was in submission joins the line for fish
07:44 33 flies off
07:55 Feed over.