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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14:54 #1, after getting itself in line in now being fed
#2 stays and getting more
and more for #1
#2 eventually turns away leaving #1 to the fish!
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while #1 eats, #2 has a little flap
33 standing, looking around with the fish in talon
close up of 33
33 ate a few bits then flew off leaving the fish for Maya to feed the chicks
now snuggled up snoozing off their fish dinner
Close up of Maya
Two great parents watching over their young
must go! - BFN
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THREAD CLOSED
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