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 is very unsettled, constantly checking and turning the egg
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Night cam is now on
Every time I have looked in on the nest, Maya has been sitting tight.
No idea what is under her - 2 bobbles and an egg or three bobbles.
But I must now sign off for the night so over to the nightshift :-D BFN
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23:15 Not much change in Maya's position and no chance to check on the egg or bobs since Karen's pic above.
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IMAGICAT
Transition light, different angle:
Morning ALL and thanks Scylla for overnight capture for I always think we get the best view of any pips, cracks etc..
view this morning
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust Looked promising last night as Maya was paying the egg a lot of attention for a good hour or so constantly turning, listening and rocking. Then she seemed settled as every time I looked she was sitting quite content. Today will be four days since the latch hatch.
I'm out most of the morning but hopefully good news when I return. SYL
A little bobblehead popped out:
Three heads and an unpipped egg:
09:32 33 arrived with a large fishMaya drags the fish away from the cup
Has some then starts dishing out the fish
both bobs getting fish
and more
huge fish and will keep the family going
09:46 feed over
10:11 33 returned, collected the fish and flew off with it
out again - SYL