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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Lol, Scylla!
Maya up from incubating and backed up to the edge of the nest, I assume to do a PS
Anything here?
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Looked like a crack at 00.53.15 but it's just the shadow of the grass.
I haven't done any more nighttime but can do if req'd.
Here you can see how over-ambitious cropping is inadvisable! Maybe GEEMEFF's zoomer can do better tho?
Great big hole - or, more likely, a routine Osp-egg blotch - in the side of the egg on the right:
IMAGICAT
scylla said:I haven't done any more nighttime but can do if req'd.
I've been thru the last few hours of nightcam and unequivocally saw no sign of a pip.
During the night-to-daycam phase, the blotches danced about:
Morning ALL and thanks for all the updates.
It is now Day 39, the day the first chick hatched last year, so hopefully, by the end of the day, we shall see a little bobble here.
And .... fingers crossed the cam holds up as I recall there is electrical work going on in the vicinity.
08:22 33 arrives with a stick
clear view
Maya flies off leaving 33 to take over
09:05 changeover -
33 rises - I can't see any pips or cracks yet!
Maya settles down
I'm speechless!!!! The cam has zoomed out!!
I wonder if this is down to the electrical work and the back up steps they have put in place!!
both cams frozen @ 10:10 Only the birly going round and round :-(
We have had advance notice of disturbance - just have to hope it is not too bad
It was in a big buffer just now. Fingers 'n toes crossed, everyone!
EDIT - buffer snaps weren't there when I started posting.