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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14:29 Fish. Maya commences a feed
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I think chick #3 has hatched! Maya just moved half a shell
14:37
Oh wonderful Sandra and great you have caught it! I thought there might be a hatch today as Maya has been paying a lot of attention to the egg. I've missed them all so far LOL
Sandra - I'm pleased your headache has cleared up :-)
You're welcome, Karen :) While I was watching the feed, I thought there was a body movement that wasn't in sync with the other two! lol
Edit - thanks Karen, so am I
33 arrives, grabs the fish and has flown with it
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Really pleased that the picture is much clearer now!
Me too Sandra! Hopefully we get a clearer view of #3 soon. It is good that this egg has hatched quickly ie 2 days opposed to 3 days from Chick #2 thus keeping the gap as less as possible. Hatching dates so far are: #1 - May 6 #2 - May 8 #3 - May 10
Fingers crossed #4 hatches soon.