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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Thanks LAM and here is the fish @ 15:44
33 cleans his beak as the chicks tuck in
33 flies off and Maya continues feeding the chicks
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Maya earlier in the day after dipping her feet nearly caught a fish on one of these runs © Byron
Morning ALL - Today #1 is 16 days and #2 is 14 days old
Feed underway just now
Brilliant capture of Maya dipping her feet! Thanks for sharing LAM. Hopefully yesterday was another enjoyable day. Not you if you are still at Rutland but if so, weather looking better for today!
Unseen intruder - 33 arrives screeching and mantling
close up
threat soon passes and 33 settles
33 flies off as I type
Morning Jane - yes it is looking better today.
Checked forecast and maybe some showers later and tomorrow and then, thankfully - a dry spell ahead!!
Meanwhile, chicks are snoozing off their fish