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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33 has arrived
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Maya rises and flies off
33 has a look
some close ups
33 settles down then up again for a look - is there movement???
and settled again
Birdies LG DU update.
There has been a change over - Maya now incubating with 33 standing by
33 has now flown
Off out for a bit - catch up later BFN
Is this a small hole ????
Patily - I am unsure too - could be a small hole or Maya's talon?? But the longer Egg #1 takes to hatch could be an advantage to close the gap on the other three - just like last year :-)
But presently - this is awful for I just can't follow what is happening :-(
I noticed on the bottom cam one of them arriving. Brief flash of top cam reveals it is Maya! So there has been a change over at some point.
Maya tidies as 33 incubates so we can safely assume no chick as yet.
Hopefully she will clear away the sticks at our side and give us a better view :-)
33 rises and we get a view of the eggs. I do think it could be a small hole ????