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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20:26
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Just looked in to see a feed underway just now
close up
20:30 feed finished. 33 has flown and Maya settles on the chicks
Snap Sandra. I had just come into the kitchen to make a coffee. My laptop is in the kitchen and on most of the time allowing me to watch the nest, albeit at times from a distance, while I work / potter about and I noticed the feed. But as I say - better two posts than none :-) Still no sign of a hatch. Like you SCYLLA, I am really hoping it does so quick as the others are growing so much/so quickly. Fingers crossed it does so soon :-)
Now Maya is rolling the egg - she has it upfront under her!
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Indeed Karen! :)
Yes, fingers crossed #4 hatches soon
HATCH - I see the shell
Maya picks it up and throws it
No doubt we have a hatch
YAY! Great news!
20:43 Was Maya eating some of the shell here?