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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11 May
I did snaps of one of the bobbleheads (the other didn't raise its head but looks OK)... however, too fuzzy at this time of day.
IMAGICAT
Oh dear
The fish flapped onto the babies and Maya doesn't seem to understand what's happened. She's now incubating the fish on top of the babes, unless I've missed her removing it while I've been snapping:
I am in such a state about this, am all fingers and thumbs - mentally and physically.
The video is taking a-g-e-s to process...
Well, Maya has just semi got up but she's not taking the fish out - I can see movement from a chick... I think.
It was so promising, with both chicks getting bites:
Here's what happened - I cut off the first part of the feed but otherwise it's not edited, it's 6+ minutes long so you'll probably want to skip: