Continued from Manton Bay March/April 2023
Details about the Manton Bay nest can be found on the season’s opening post.
The season so far: Blue 33(11) returned March 16 @ 12:58 and Maya on March 19 @ 06:54. Maya has laid four eggs on Apr 4 @ 15:52, April 7 @ 09:04, April 10 @ 07:03 and April 13 @ 08:08. The first egg is expected to hatch around 12 May.
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10:43:48
So great to see the little one :-) It's interesting to see the incubation chart, as Maya spend the night on the eggs, while usually she goes of in the night 1 or 2 times (for a PS?), this time she was on the eggs since 4 pm yesterday, and 33 only got an hour shift this morning from 6-7
https://ospreycam.net
10:41 A very brief glimpse of the bobble
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Confirmation from Rutland
For the Record: Egg #1 hatched - May 12 @ 08:18 (38 days)
Maya rises
takes a comfort break and we get a good look of the first bobblehead of 2023
33 arrives and sees his first hatch of the season
aww bless him
so proud
Maya returns and pushes 33 away to get back on the eggs and her bobble
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
I managed a zoom in, Maya's doing a good job of shielding little Bob 1.
33 with a nice, but very alive fish.. almost slapping the newborn..It isn't fed yet, but Maya has a good feed.. and we get a good look at the little one
Thanks Geemeff and Bart for videos.
I'm also going to post some stills :-)
14:40 33 arrives with large fish
Maya rises and the little bob looks lovely and strong
we see it all to often the fish landing in the cup
Maya soon takes it out and has some fish to herself
Maya flies off for a comfort break leaving bob alone
33 arrives
33 flies off
and Maya arrives
and the bob gets protected from the elements
5:43 33 arrives and collects the fish
16:12 Maya shifts and another glimpse of bob
Quite famous this little one and getting loads of attention being the first hatch of the season lol