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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Karen W said:
last night at 19:44 33 arrived with a large live pike -
What I don't understand about the events last night..33 first brought a/the pike at 19.20, and it was alive then..Then returns almost 25 minutes later with a living pike..Is it possible for a pike to live that long outside the water.. or is this a new one??
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Morning Bart - in truth I don't know but I would think by the thrashing that 33 had dropped the first and caught another
09:20 33 arrives with Pike 1
19:44 33 arrives with Pike 2
Captures of the pike(s)
I'll leave you to do the comparisons BART -
20:01 33 arrives with a huge fish
soon taken by Maya
and feed gets underway
once fed, all safely tucked under Maya
Morning ALL
All slept peacefully overnight and breakfast already laid out for them
04:14 33 arrived, collected the fish
04:43 33 returns with the fish and breakfish gets underway
close up
05:55 Another top up
07:05 More fish on offer
07:23 Maya tidies up as all three chicks snooze off their fish
33 brought a live pike again.. he really did his best to contain it until it was dead... but to no avail..He chased it , stepped on it.. and eventually left with it.. the kids are okay (and used to it by now)
This one is fun too..I rellay love this phase, when the kids are expanding their view and get a look over the nest edge..
2 even triangulating.. they are very interested in the swans I guess..
Really nice feed once 33 brought back the (now really) dead pike.Warning though: Crop about to explode!!
Oh, why doesn't he just eat the head ! off nest 33 - got it ?
Thank you Bart especially for the 'kids ok' bit
Early breakfish by Blue 33
This will do nicely for second breakfast for the kids.#1 was a bit grumpy at the first feed (just a tiny bit, first feed went very well afterwards), but a bit of fresh fish is always nice