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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Sandra P said:17:24 B33 takes the fish away
Sandra, not sure if you have a capture still to post but I snapped these watching while having my tea
and off he went
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Yes I did, Karen, just edited it in. My computer had a meltdown so I had to do a restart! :)
Maya rises
Amazing how much they have grown when you see them with the egg
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Maya flies off for a break and 33 lands with the fish
Maya returns swiftly, grabs the fish and starts to feed the chicks
after a few minutes we are seeing a little more as Maya moves around
the chicks are not even getting up and no wonder for they have had so much fish today :-)
And 3 heads look up
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19:26 Maya feeding
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Another feed for the chicks
and the egg is still in the cup
I will add Maya is feeding the chicks from the bit of fish lying on the nest. 33 appeared after she started feeding and has now flown.
Now that Maya has moved and settles down on the chicks, I see 33, when he came to the nest when she was feeding them, has left the fish he took away earlier
Lovely evening
I am begging little #4 to hatch but just have to be patient... and trust the ospreys!
IMAGICAT