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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07:51 Maya has risen to feed the chicks
both bobs getting fish
both getting plenty of fish
EGG 3 IS HATCHING
it's split!!
top of shell has broken off
Maya finishes feed, looks, then turns the egg and covers them all
and at the same time, 33 returns and takes the fish
What a positive 20 odd minutes I have just watched Firstly, Maya had a really good preen and then she stoood to finish tidying her feathers Both bobs were alert and had their heads up and making those lovely chipping sounds Then Maya began a feed Initially the one closest to us didn't get any fish but eventuallythey both had a really good feed with plenty of fish for them both Both sated now and gone back to sleep and Maya covers them
C ROP
Maya rises a little
difficult to know 100% if #3 is out of its shell
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