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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Morning ALL
All lovely and peaceful as we await sunrise
nightcam just gone off and Maya, with her eggs and bobbles beneath her looks around, waiting on 33 arriving with breakfast
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33 arrives with a fish - still flappin' and drops it into the nest cup on the bobble(s)/eggs
Maya has picked up the fish while 33 stands for a bit then flies off
Maya is eating the head while I can see one bobble's has its head up
now Maya has flown with the fish
and returns empty taloned
off and back again
Now settles down
Video of 05:07 Fish Delivery
Sunrise - 05:20 according to the met office
and a few minutes later
and then
Maya remains sitting, looking around. Hopefully she rises soon so we get another and better look to eggs/bobbles Also that 33 arrives with another fish as there was no feed.
Must let my dog out - BBS
Maya has risen and picks up the fish from the side of the nest - she hadn't taken it away
Still no feed for the bobbles
Short Video of Maya Eating & Eggs/Bobbles??
33 has arrived and is having some fish
Morning Everyone
Thanks all for the posts and pics and your videos Karen. It is great they have hatched so close together.
What joy to wake up to another wee bobblehead and a beautiful sunrise.
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I've dutifully scanned thru the night and could only see 3 eggs (middle one almost hidden during nightcam) and a hint of one bobble.
05:09:
05:11
IMAGICAT
Maya is up and clearly see one bobble with its head up
This is so irritating as it is now so difficult to see/know if one or two!!