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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I been out in the garden so unsure if there has been a fish delivery and I must go for a bit - SYL
Morning all,
9:48 It appears egg #4 still hasn't hatched. The top of it here?
9:49
9:51 3rd bob had just put its head down as I took this capture
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Thanks Sandra - 33 has arrived
Three bobs & an egg
more will follow + vid
10:43 33 arrived. Maya rose and the chicks got up - no fish
10:47 Maya took a quick break leaving 33 in charge
10:48 Eldest chick starts picking on the younger ones :-(
younger ones go into submission
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Here is a vid from 33s arrival and at approx 3.5 minutes the eldest chick starts picking on the younger ones :-(
The cam then froze but 33 flew off and Maya settled back down on the chicks and egg.
Will need to keep an eye on the eldest chick and little #4 hasn't even hatched yet!
Edit: I have changed the video title from "chick bullying" to "bickering" as after reviewing it, it seems the eldest was putting the younger in its place after it instigating.
FISH @ 11:33
Maya gets it and starts feeding the bobs who are up with the beaks open
so far just the two bobs feeding - no all three are up the other chick is behind Maya's leg
11:42 still feeding
the cam keep freezing/going blank!
Thanks for persevering Karen, as you say, it's constantly freezing/black screen and buffering!
Watched your video, Karen, and it appeared to be the younger one who started the 'bullying'!
11:53
Maya settled down after the feed and has remained on the chicks
33 has arrived and flies off with the fish
Maya now rises and has found another fish piece which she is eating and appears to have just finished it
Maya has now settled back down on the chicks
33 is back with the fish
he waits a few minutes and when he see Maya not interested, he flies off with it