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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Scrolling back it would appear that 33 took over from Maya around 09:25
09:25 Maya rises
Close up of eggs
09:26 33 takes over
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turn of the eggs
and again
grr -- I must go out for a bit SYL
11:36 Maya returns and 33 rises
close up
and another
and Maya after checking, settles down
I can't see any pips or cracks yet
Maya paying quite a bit of attention to the eggs just now and has manoeuvred one up to the front
she settles and within a minute, 33 arrives and Maya flies off leaving 33 to take over
33 settles fidgeting with the bedding around him
12:58 Change over
Maya returns taking over from 33
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14:34 Maya rises
33 arrives
another close up of the eggs
Maya flies off leaving 33 to take over