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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Second breakfish , Wot's this Bart () are these Osplets Hobbits now !
Morning ALL and thanks for updates, good to know the chicks have had their breakfish.
close up of the chicks or rather the baby dinos.
After a quick tidy up
08:40 Maya settles down
From the 7 am feed.. Isn't #3 the bold one!!Feed #2: All in a row...at first, then cheeky little #3 goes to Maya head and steals a few pieces of fish.. 1 is looking astonished!! 2 is bored by it all and takes a nap. After a few minutes of 3 getting almost a solo feed (1 tries, but doesn't manage to get in between) #1 joins its sibling in the nestbowlWhen 3 is full, the others join, and 3 watches feeling very smug I suppose :-)
Full video (from 33 bringing the fish until Maya finishing the tail) at https://ospreycam.net/mantonbay/news/27-may-2023-cheeky-3-steals-the-feed
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Unknown said:
Oh, why doesn't he just eat the head ! off nest 33 - got it ?
Think he listened Cirrus..Nice headless fish just now.. although Maya doesn't take any chances and keeps it under tight control!!
The cams are playing up - And as well as general chatting, this is where I really miss MIKE as I could just pm him and as sure as anything he would tell me that he was already on the case having spoken to the guys at Rutland, some who he knew from his volunteering days, and they would be looking into it.
Fab to see that little bob is not affected by previous bullying from its older siblings. Could this be a clue that it is female lol!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Freebird66 said:Fab to see that little bob is not affected by previous bullying from its older siblings. Could this be a clue that it is female lol!
Funny that you say that..What i've seen so far the past few days is that #1 picks on #2 and not on #3 even when 3 is the cause of some misbehaviour..Also :
Definitely a Daddy's kid.. it's always going to 33 when he's on the nest..And I think of it as a he btw.. while it's siblings more as she's.. but might be the size at the moment ofcAnyone dares to take a guess / poll ;-)