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 just saw a flying eggshell
I don't think that posted :-/
I was a bit worried seeing all the solids Maya managed to find to eat
IMAGICAT
33 arrives and grabs the fish
and flies off with it
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Karen W said:LOL - I have still to make that coffee I came in to the kitchen to make myself ! I'll just have some milk now :-D
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Oh how funny, Karen!
Sandra P said:A good time for it to hatch - a nice long rest to get its strength so that its ready for breakfish in the morning!
So very true!
And just so one of us sees it I think we should all now make our way up the wooden hill, as an old friend used to say, and set our alarms LOL
Nightcam has just come on
Karen W said:
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Hahaha! See you at dawn! lol
Today Chick #1 is now 1 week old! - #2 is 5 days and #3 is 3 days old.
Just brought the above quote forward, from Karen's post this morning, to show the chicks ages - 7 days between #1 and the newly hatched #4