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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17:12 Fish has gone. I assume B33 has taken it.
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17:26 Maya has dragged a fish out from under the hay !!
She starts feeding #4 and an older chick
then turns around with the fish
33 arrives and stays for a minute or so
17:35 Maya has the fish but sees to have stopped feeding ???
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Dinner to see to - BBL
19:05 Maya dug out the fish lying on the nest
9:06 33 arrives. Maya feeds the chicks
19:12 33 flies off and feed continues
#4 in front being fed along with its older sibling
19:19 #4 still getting fish :-D
19:25 Older chicks has turned away and only #4 left and has a couple more bits
19:26 #4 turns away and a minute later is back for more :-D
19:27 #4 is now shovelling back the fish
19:29 #4 turns to join its siblings and Maya feeds another
All chicks have been well fed
Oh so that's where the fish went! lol Fingers crossed your internet stays stable, Karen
19:13 Maya feeding the chicks - #4 and an older one (possibly #2)
19:29 #4 has had enough - a sizeable crop there! Maya continued to feed an older Osplet