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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11:44 33 stands with his family
11:45 Maya is finishing off the fish and slipping the chicks the odd piece
33 flies off and Maya continues eating and feeding
11:51 Feed over
Maya piling the sticks high - she seems determined to block us LOL
12:20 Maya takes a break leaving the chicks snoozing
she soon returns - she has had a bath and enjoying a good preen
close up of the bobs
and then covering them once more
Glad everything is as it should be here now.
Off for a good bit now so look forward to catching up later. BFN
16:49 FISH!!
33 approaches the nest
Maya starts feeding the three bobs
33 flies off - it really is a whopper he has brought in for the family
plenty to go round - Maya will make sure they are all fed :-)
you're welcome Korky.
18:20 another top up
33 looks on as the chicks line up to be fed
all three chicks get fish from Maya
Off for the night now - SYL