MANTON BAY - MAY 2020

She's spending a lot of time listening and looking down, so it appears next bob is on the way

According to the waather forecast an Arctic wind hits the country today so I hope 33 can go fishing at some point

33 just left the nest with a fish, I didnt see him arrive.

33 came back with the fish piece which Maya took. 

She had some and maybe gave the chicks - not clear.

Close up 

A horrible day - Maya protects the chicks and eggs. 

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09:10 - Maya paying lots of attention to this egg keeping it to the front

09:21  33 returns, takes the fish which he flies off with

09:29  Maya paying more attention to egg - listening, turning and keeping it to the front

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Maya rises, shakes the water off her

33 returns with the fish piece which Maya takes

Feeds the bobs but not a great view as block

Intruder!!

Now mantling and looking up

Maya finishes the feed leaving the fish aside

33 arrives and Maya covers the chicks

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Hi everyone, I'm having a VERY difficult time with the forum and other stuff here, so won't be posting for... ???

Gosh I!m sorry to hear Scylla and Karen are having health/forum problems, hope u are both sorted soon.
I won't be posting much either my laptop has died and it looks like it's the hard drive. I'm gutted there is a chance I won't get my family/osprey photos back, turns out I haven't backed up for 3 years, I'm such an idiot. Anyway just to say I'm trying to keep up but it's quite difficult and thank you for all the pics and posts.

Starling said:

turns out I haven't backed up for 3 years, I'm such an idiot.

I'm the same, STARLING, but I do partition all my hard drives and save all data (docs, pics, vids) separately from the operating system, so that if I should (heaven forbid) get a virus they wouldn't be affected.  Not much good if the whole drive fails tho !!!

I see that someone has mentioned it's cooler today and I've just begun to notice, phew!

This is the most recent pic I have of the 2 chicks and 2 unhatched eggs - one is up and the other is lying down.  For a moment I thought there was a dead baby there, but it was a piece of fish that got fed later.

What a nasty day so far :(  But it's just another day to our birds :-*

Scylla - sorry to read of your problems and you too Starling. 

What a time we are all having!!

Quick look and I see Maya is up so a quick glimpse just now 

close up

After a little airing, she gets back down on them 

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Edit:  Just seen you post SCYLLA - good to see you around :-)