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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Tiger - we are unsure of the exact dates the eggs were laid.
We know the first was laid March 29 therefore I calculate that we are now into Day 36 incubating. I disagree with Chloe's Clock showing 35 days that you have posted - I can only assume it is just counting hours but it was laid at 20:52??
Dates for eggs #2(Apr 4), #3 (Apr 6) and #4 (Apr 9) are when they were first seen.
Hatching dates tho will be interesting. Last year Maya delayed incubating the first egg resulting the first egg hatched at 39 days along with Egg #2 then #3 & #4 so not too huge a gap between #1 and #4. This year however because Maya has not delayed incubating and should the eggs hatch in stages then there will be a massive gap between #1 and #4.
33 arrives with a stick. Maya rises
Maya flies off leaving 33 to incubate the eggs
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Maya has now returned and they swap over
33 has now flown
33 arrived with something in talon. The top cam keeps freezing so it is hard to tell but I think it was nesting material ?
however Maya gets up
33 has a look at the eggs
33 then pushes in to incubate
Maya then flies off leaving 33 incubating
33 arrives and Maya rises - both have a look
close up but I can't see any signs yet
Maya has settled down again.
Off now for a bit SYL
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Worth noting that Rutland also calculate days from laying/incubating as 36.