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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Maya shading the chicks while 33 stands guard
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Goodness, 33 flew off 2 minutes ago and has returned with a live fish!
Maya gets hold of it
Maya is keeping a hold of it and moves it around the nest
33 flies off. Maya feeds #2 and #1 topples over!
soon rights itself and gets up along side #2 and fed
Close up: Chicks taking much larger bits of fish now
the chicks are full and lying down and Maya is still shovelling fish into them LOL
A picture of motherly love, just now
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Morning ALL
Today #1 is 22 days & #2 is 20 days old
checking back 33 arrived with a large headless fish @ 05:39
and both chicks were well fed
08:38 Top up for the chicks
close up
fish for #1
fish for #2
#1 has had enough and #2 now getting loads
when #2 turns away, #1 has some more
08:50 Large stick coming in !!
plonked in middle of nest
Maya continues feeding #1 as 33 picks it up and drops it at the edge of the nest
Must go - BFN
12:30 33 arrives with a whopper and swiftly taken by Maya
drags it over
and she begins feeding the chicks
13:20 33 arrives and collects the fish
Maya and the chicks have been very well fed and now 33 is having his well deserved share.
No doubt 33 will be back with it as it is huge and enough to keep the family going all day.