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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Hi Jane, better weather is forecast!! Chance of a shower today then it is to be dry, winds lessening and above all, come Thursday the temperature is to rise. Can't wait!
I'm having trouble with this stream, it's been dropping out and reconnecting.
I did quite a lot of snaps from this morning but have forgotten the narrative that goes with them - B33 was ignored a couple of times and took away the fish and brought it back. Also, Maya was in the way of a good view. So I'm not posting most of the snaps.
Tbis was the first of 3 sticks I saw him bring in:
Maybe I should pack up, have lost the plot.
IMAGICAT
Karen W said:Hi Jane, better weather is forecast!! Chance of a shower today then it is to be dry, winds lessening and above all, come Thursday the temperature is to rise. Can't wait!
Welcome news!
I cannot recall when I have ever seen such awful weather!!
Poor Maya - once more sheltering the chicks
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I know Jane and agree so much with what you have posted on LoTL thread about all the losses and not just ospreys. It is just truly awful. This rain wasn't forecast just now - some showers later!! But I just hope they have got it right and it does improve massively come Thursday!!
Maya flies off for a quick break. Chicks rise and #1 has a go at #2 !!
Maya rises - suspect 33 may have a fish?
And once again #1 shows its dominance!
14:03 Fish
33 cleans his beak as Maya begins to feed the chicks
both chicks being well fed
fish for #1
and fish for #2
33 flies off leaving Maya to continue feeding
15:44 chicks full and Maya enjoys some fish but #2 manages another bit :-)
14:48 chicks turned away and Maya feasts
lol Maya leans towards #2 trying to push some more fish in it's beak which it keeps tightly closed :-D
14:51 Maya cleans up
A good feed for the whole family.