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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Morning ALL and what wonderful news to log on to - thank you Bart.
Some captures
05:09 33 arrives - something may be happening but where has that vertical stick come from!
06:36 Maya rises - first sighting of #2 as Bart's pic above
close up
06:37
06:44 Maya approaches her Bobs
close up - #2 has its head up - really strong wee thing
06:44 Maya tidies up and offers some fish
06:45 and the other
07:44 Maya settled down
08:41 Maya rises
and has some fish
Maya now stretches and feeds the bobs
close ups - Maya manages to stretch to feed bob #1
Maya soon tidies up and #2 gets a bit fish
08:54 Feed over and Maya settles down
I missed it the first time, as I saw the live feeding.. (and fb didn't mention anything else...) and thought it the first sightBut the chick hatched at 5.35 this morning..In this video it is seen with its butt still in the shell, but almost out of it..
https://ospreycam.net
Close call when Maya steps back from doing some maintenance on the nest edge..
Her reaction is phenomenal do, falling sideways to prevent fully stepping onto #1
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.