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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patily said:There's poor Mistle and Axel probably freezing their little socks off and Maya is "panting" in the heat (I've forgotten the special wordI
Gular fluttering, Patily?
16:04 Maya returned and 33 rises
close up - can't see any signs yet
33 flies off and Maya gives the eggs a turn
then settles
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16:44 33 arrives with remains of a fish for Maya
quickly taken
close up of eggs
Maya flies off with the fish piece and 33 takes over
17:15 33 checks the eggs and gives them a turn
17:35 Change over
Maya returns and soon 33 rises
33 flies and Maya gives the eggs a turn
before settling
17:51 Change over
33 returns and Maya rises
another close up
Maya flies off and 33 takes over incubating
18:21 Change over
Maya returns and 33 rises
still no signs
Maya checks the eggs
then settles down
There must be at least one little chick working very hard to break through its shell, Karen :)
Sandra P said:There must be at least one little chick working very hard to break through its shell, Karen :)
Absolutely Sandra:-)
Last year the first chick hatched on day 38 but whenever, we are all waiting LOL