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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A bit late to the party, but here's my heavily edited clip starting at 07.18 when all's well, then the huge fish flapping into the nest cup and poor little one being left exposed, then Blue 33 brings another fish at 12.10 which does exactly the same thing!!! Goes on to show wide angle at 16.56 where both bobs are up and bobbing, good feed at 17.03, and ending at 19.18 with Maya settling down on both bobs. As Sheila says, hoping for less drama tomorrow!
The reason I named today's clip 'another huge headless flapping fish' is because it happened last year, 14th May 2021, and the fish actually cracked the third egg.
Smiles, Jan.
Both being fed earlier.
12 May
The light is poor at the mo but both bobbles are bobbling well:
IMAGICAT
Thank goodness Maya looks a lot brighter if not 100% And how incredible that liitle one has survived
This is how Maya looked when I first saw her Head up/alert/looking around and then a phone call distracted me she had her head down a bit and eyes closed.
C ROP
SheilaFE said:The black mark is not on the egg but shadow on the nest material. I'm not sure what the mark top right is. I hope for a less emotional day tomorrow! Bye.
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Yes, I was looking at the section on the top right of the egg in my pic last night, Sheila.
Morning all, what a wonderful start to the day seeing both chicks feeding, and feeding very well! Lovely to watch Maya ensuring they each had a fair amount
Morning ALL and thanks for this morning's updates/captures.
Such a relief to know both bobs up and have been fed.
Today is Day 42 of incubation. Hopefully the egg is OK and we see chick #3 makes its appearance which may be later today if not tomorrow.