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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you're welcome Alan
10:04 chick fight -
10:08 Another top up
11:29 33 with some more hay
11:57 another feed
Oh Nooo..Another floppy fish loose in the nest.. bit it won't be the last one..Well 33 tried to step on it this time!!
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An eventfull day at Manton Bay..It started nice and quiet with a splendid feed for #3
Then a bet later the kids wake up in the morning sun
Oh.. but then.. at a nice feed, 3 got bored and started harassing #1.. who retaliated on... #2.. poor thing was a real victim..It continued quite a while, and at times pretty nasty (not in the video).. until Maya intervened and offered food... and later a private meal..
And then.. a lively fish again.. going through the nest (in the video above)..
The afternoon feeds were not very visible.. as Maya was between the cam and the feed for 3 times!!
In the end..Maya was brooding the kids and 33 arrived.. started eating, then offered some food to #1 (already with a filled crop) and started feeding 1 and 2!!(he really is my hero!!)
Hi Bart, I see no photos, just grey squares??
Edit, ignore, they are there now, sorry.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Afternoon ALL and thanks for all the updates.
Catch up:
04:19 all is quiet in the bay
04:57 sunrise according the met office
and one of the chicks pops its head out
06:08 33 arrives with a live fish for breakfast and stands on it
06:10 Maya begins feeding the chicks - still feeding @ 06:26
06:40 33 arrives and has a couple of bits of the left over fish before flying off with it
07:19 intruder around - 33 defending his family
08:05 Maya takes a break leaving the chicks snuggled up together
08:41 Maya feeds #1 from left over fish
#1 head is darkening and can see the pin feathers starting
08:51 33 arrives with a large fish
Maya quickly takes hold of it and drags it round
08:52 33 flies off as second feed gets underway
09:08 feed over, chicks lying down stuffed full of fish
10:03 another feed
10:36 intruder - 33 and Maya protect the chicks
11:45 more fish
12\;54 Another top up
really are looking like baby dinos now
13:35 Maya takes a break leaving 33 watching the chicks
14:02 Maya soon returns - she's had a dip
14:10 33 arrives with a large live pike!!
Maya loses her hold on it and it is flapping about over the chicks
14:12 Maya starts on the fish, 33 flies off and soon another feed underway
5:13 chicks line up to be fed - its been an hour!!
but she decides not leaving it until 15:40
present - 16:19 chicks by Maya