Continued from Manton Bay – April 2021
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here.
The season so far: March 19, Blue 33(11) returned 12:29 closely followed by Maya @ 12:54. On March 30 Egg #1 was laid @ 11:45 , April 2, Egg #2 was seen @ 07:34 and on April 5 Egg #3 was laid @ 07:05 .
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Birdies LG DU update.
Hi (((KAREN)) ... I hope your painful shoulder hasn't recurred, keeping you away from your precious nest all day
Just a few snaps to reassure that the day went routinely for our much put-upon parents-to-be, and the weather could have been worse...
17:41 a fishless changeover, 33 settles on unpipped eggs ;)
33 brought a clump @ 19:38.
Relieved Maya again @ 20:26:
20:55 Maya took over, 33 is flying out of the top left but I wish that Anglian logo wasn't there (and prefer the old bubbly one):
I've double-checked for another fish since the one MIKE reported but only saw Maya bringing some of it back.
That's up to about 22:30.
IMAGICAT
Maya checking the eggs during an unpleasant night:
Blue33 took over 03:21:
04:09 Maya resumes:
05:43 Blue33 came to take over with a stick, he's still there now:
Morning ALL - Day 36
Thanks for the catch up Scylla. All OK - just a very busy day :-)
07:55 33 arrives and the pair change over giving us a view of the eggs
Maya flies off and 33 takes over incubating
33 settles
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Maya has returned and tidying up while 33 remains sitting
08:12 33 rises and flies off giving us another view
Maya soon settles on the eggs after giving them a check/turn
12:08 33 arrives to take over incubating duties