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
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
Following on from Sheila's pics
12:08
13:20 B33 still on incubation duty
©L&RWT
B33 left the nest
Maya was back to the eggs almost immediately.
Another chance to view the eggs when B33 relieved Maya after her 20 minute stint
Maya returned. Unsure if she brought in the stick but there were some hard, dried grass clumps within the fork of it (Edit: looking at previous pics, the stick was already on the front edge of the nest)
She set to work moving and breaking the clump up
B33 tried to lend a hand
Changeover
15:15 Maya changed her position
Indeed, Patily!
Maya rose from the eggs to collect a headless fish from B33
B33 having another turn with his eggs
Difficult to see any pip, what with the shell pattern and the grass in the nest, will be easier to see on night cam. Hope the livestream isn't down for too long tomorrow!
patily said:What glorious close ups showing their beautiful feathers
This cam and LotL are super when zoomed in.
We have 2 different coloured Ospreys - it's the sun, stoopid
EDIT - the sarkiness is aimed at meeee !!!
©ROP, Manton Bay
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