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 has returned empty taloned. Not sure if he took the fish piece away or left it?
But I have not seen the bobble(s) being fed this morning
Maya has flown leaving 33 in charge
Oh No! A large bit of hay placed in front so we can't see! 33 moves it a little and I see #1 has its head up and beak open
Is 33 going to sit? He has never in the past
Maya returns, 33 flies off. I can just see one head up!
Maya settles down
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Intruder around!
Maya mantles!
She then rises
Maya settles but 33 arrives mantling
33 settles beside Maya looking alert
33 rises - I cannot see anything on the wide angle cam
Threat passes quickly and 33 has now flown
At this moment it is difficult to be sure what is in the nest as in number of eggs or chicks. One bobble can definitely be seen however last night it did appear as if there was a second hatching. Just now I am a little concerned about that live fish coming in this morning as I saw a flap over the eggs/chick(s). Wasn't a huge fish but they are just tiny bobbles
I will be relieved when we see two eggs/two chicks or three eggs/one chick whatever - just reassurance no harm done with that fish.
Cam now playing up!!
I must go and walk my dog now - BBL
Karen I had another look at last nights videos on You Tube, and I think in the darkness the other movement than can be seen was a bit of feather/stick moving, it really was hard to tell with it being dark.
So looking at your video from 5 am this morning, I took a couple of screen shots, that shows the 3 eggs and one head - what do you think yourself?
It is difficult to say, but doesn't matter really as I am sure we will see another wee bobblehead soon.
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10:18 Maya went for a quick flyabout
She soon came back
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MARY - thanks for reviewing the video and posting the captures. Yes it could have been a feather moving.
Every capture we see is just one bobblehead but it looks very healthy and there are three eggs so all is well for it is still to hatch :-)
Sorry folks for what appears to be a false alarm.
MaryGK said:
... I think in the darkness the other movement than can be seen was a bit of feather/stick moving, it really was hard to tell with it being dark.
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Maya took the feather, that eventually ended up on the top of her beak, from that area of the nest so it could have possibly been that moving last night?
10:39 Maya rose showing us the bobble
Short Video of MB Chick #1 at 1 Day Old
As far as I am aware the bobble has not been fed unless there has been a fish delivered when I have been out
FISH @ 11:01
Maya takes the fish
and now a black screen / freeze grrrr
Picture again but frozen of 33 blocking the view
33 flown and Maya feeding bobble
video to follow