Continued from Manton Bay – March 2021
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here.
The season so far:
Mar 19: Blue 33(11) returned @ 12:29
Mar 19: Maya returned @ 12:54
Mar 30: Egg #1 laid @ 11:45
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Thought the vid hadn't posted but it has. Whoopee
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Morning ALL
Such a pity we are no longer seeing any sunrises here
08:04 Maya incubating in the morning sunshine.
08:08 a surprise visitor !!
and lands on the nest but only for a second!
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Definitely miss them Karen - we used to get spectacular ones. 33(11) and Maya will still be enjoying them though
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Definitely Mary :-)
08:18 Change over - 33 arrives and Maya then flies off
08:30 After a brief comfort break, Maya returns
08:32 Maya starts nudging 33 to get back on the eggs
33 gets up
08:32 33 flies off and Maya takes over once more
Off now - SYL
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Hi Cirrus - yes it is a relief not to see any snow here!!
There does however seem to be a brisk, cold wind and great to see this pair doing a fantastic job keeping those eggs cosy!
17:10 Intruder lands on the nest!!
Maya rises and both very alert
both looking up
Three on the nest!!
33 takes off, then the intruder and Maya settles down to incubate
17:24 Snow !!
17:31 and more
Cam appears to have gone down!
Whirly thing going and last time showing is 19:02