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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33 arrives with an enormous fish When Maya takes it it looks to be whole and sshe's having a bit of a struggle with it
C rop
Both Bobs up for a feed.
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Birdies LG DU update.
Sorry Got first 2 pics round wrong way
33 stood on the nest for ages blocking the view Maya was chipping away the whole time She had a bit of a feed herself and gave a couple of pieces tothebob atthefront but the feed didn't last very long at all
C ROP
Morning ALL and thanks for all the captures
07:50 33 arrives and collects the fish.
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and flies off with it
08:42 Maya rises - suspect to try free the empty egg shell that has stuck to her
close ups of the bobs
08:46 Maya moves in to cover the bobs
08:47 33 returns with the fish
08:47 33 flies off leaving the fish and Maya settled on the bobs
must go for a bit - BFN
Feed in progress
and fish for both bobs
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