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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Morning ALL
summary of some of this morning's activities
06:34 33 arrives with breakfish which Maya quickly takes and feeds the chicks
07:21 top up
08:06 #3 turns on #1 again and is quickly put in its place!
08:45 33 returns with the fish and another top up
09:04 chicks full but Maya pushes more fish to them
10:02 Maya watches over the chicks
Out for the day now - BFN
Today,
Chick #1 is 14 days,Chick #2 is 13 days andChick #3 is 11 days old
presently the chicks are snoozing
having enjoyed earlier fish feeds
@ 07:41
05:08
close up
2:57 FISH!!
chicks up and ready to be fed
33 flies off as Maya begins to feed the chicks
#1 and #2 well fed first as #3 was in bad position at back only getting a few bits
#1 soon full, asleep letting #3 forward for fish
13:27 Maya stops feeding and tidies up - chicks really into dinosaur stage now
13:44 33 is having a good feed and joined by Maya
13:49 Maya takes a break leaving 33 eating
and returns with a massive bunch of hay !!
33 flies off
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Maya takes off for a break - that clump is a concern!
Maya returns briefly - she has had a bath
- and flies off again
14:04 And she is back
I hope they remove that clump of hay soon - dread to think of a chick getting tangled in it