Continued from Manton Bay – March/April 2022
A brief summary of the history and nest stats can be found on the season’s opening thread.
The season so far:
Mar 15: Maya returned 10:21
Mar 21: Blue 33(11) returned 17:29
Mar 31: First egg laid c 23:30
Apr 03: Second egg laid 18:31
Apr 06: Third egg laid c 20:30
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Well that's the end of a lovely visit! Next time we should have 5 in the family! :-)
We went for a walk this afternoon to warm up and to our delight saw this little bird tucking into a fish! Not our couple but nice to see all the same!
Morning ALL - thanks for the captures LAM - I am glad you enjoyed your visit albeit rather cold! But as you say next time you visit, fingers crossed you will see a lovely family of five :-)
Did a quick scroll back and nothing to report other than Maya and 33 swapping incubating duties.
Meanwhile, its raining and poor Maya is soaked protecting those precious eggs
pop back later - BFN
Appears Maya has done most of the incubating this morning
12:09 33 joins her
Maya sits tight and 33 takes off
13:42 33 approaches with a large headless fish
eagerly taken by Maya
Maya flies off with the fish and 33 takes over incubating
14:40 Its raining and 33 who is still incubating is doing a great job protecting the eggs
15:29 33 gives the eggs a check / turn
15:32 and a soggy 33 settles back down
16:17 33 rises
close up of eggs
33 flies off as Maya arrives to take over incubating
Morning ALL
Maya and 33 have now been taking turns incubating their eggs for 35 days.
Last year, the first egg hatched at 39 days.
08:55 Maya rose giving us a view of the eggs
and after a stretch, she settled back down
09:35 Maya rises as 33 approaches with a FISH
eagerly taken
Maya flies off and 33 settles down to incubate
04.04 No sign of pipping
06 May
Eggs post-midnight to morning:
IMAGICAT