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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Maya has risen - #2 still is submission, #3 moved and got a pecking!!
Seeing a little dominance from #1.
Lets hope they get their pecking order sorted quick and #1 settles down before #4 comes along.
Along with good weather, need some harmony on the nest
13:41 33 arrived, collected the fish and flew off
13:49 33 returns
#2 appears to be the instigator!!
but #2 gets put in its place
Maya now has the fish - hopefully this quietens them
#1 and #2 being fed - #3 at the back
Maya has been feed for 10 minutes and #3 still to get some fish
14:09 feed over - no fish for #3 this time
14:47 #3 looking up at mum
15:37 33 returns and has some fish at the back on the nest. Soon Maya moves up and she is also pecking at fish and feeding the chicks who have all lined up
33 offered Maya some fish and soon she dragged it down the nest to continue feeding the chicks then 33 comes and drags it back lol
May takes the fish back and feeds once more
33 flies off leaving Maya feeding the chicks
15:39 #1 and #2 are full and #3 is getting lots of fish now
16:58 chicks asleep and Maya decides to have herself some fish
she starts to walk round - no takers they are still snoozing
Crikey, she must of packed them solid last feed lol
Maya now pushes the fish into #2 and some into #3
another bit for #3 - these chicks are stuffed full !!
they're in a line now
17:12 Feed over - the chicks have zonked out
18:27 33 returns
and seeing his family have all been fed, grabs the fish and has a nosh at the back of the nest
This shows the egg broken in half and the head sticking outMaya is off the chick now (18:53) and I cant see the 4th chick, but.. it should be fully out any moment now
https://ospreycam.net
I went to edit my post above about any thoughts on the egg as I thought this morning it was hatching, then from another angle wondered if it was a mark and it disappeared!!
I'll post here again it does look as if the end of the egg is broken
Bart - just noticed your post - thanks.
Checking back it would appear the 4th chick has hatched at 18:23 -
close up -