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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15:09 another check
15:11 and once more!
17:06 33 arrives with a small stick and Maya rises
close up of eggs
Maya flies off for a break leaving 33 to take over
after a quick check, 33 settles down
Karen W said:
How adorable, 33 settles down beside Maya
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Absolutely gorgeous - so love the way B33 does this every season!
18:04 Maya rises and checks / turns the eggs
then settles back down
and then both cams go down !!!
18:13 cams back up but no longer zoomed in.
Suspect their back up steps in place as this happened earlier but unsure if anyone still at the VC or if the cams will be zoomed in again tonight!!
Fingers crossed they are but as I type, cams again frozen and the birly going so it could be that some electrical work is going on just now and we are going to see some disturbance.
Karen W said:How adorable, 33 settles down beside Maya
Don't mention the logo, Scylla!
Eggs @ 18:00:
IMAGICAT
Hole in egg - hatching has started !!!!
its the left egg
Posting a video as we only get a glimpse of the hole and beginning of hatching
Oh and just noticed this on Facebook from the team
Maya rises and another view - hole getting bigger