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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Morning ALL
Today #1 is 20 days and #2 is 18 days old
07:44 Maya grabs the fish and #2 is quickly up
fish for #2
and for #1
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I am always reminded of those nordic sweaters, the lopis back in 70/80s, when the chicks are at this stage of their development :-D
both now snoozing off their fish
must go now - BFN
They are growing so fast - wont be long until they are proper little ospreys
couple of close ups
I think they are both male Jane :-D
Chicks admiring the view while Maya watches over them
close up
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12:34 33 arrives and collects the fish
flies off with it
The whole family
C ROP
16:36 33 arrives with a huge fish
Maya takes it and starts feeding