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
chick being fed just now
fish for you
and you
great pairing these two
Maya takes a little wing and leg stretch..Sitting on the nest for hours ... well who can blame her :-)
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Third fish of the day just arrived... but we're skipping a few moments..
Around 2 o'clock 33 delivered a 'small' fish.. Maya managed to feed almost the whole fish to the kids, who collapsed in a food coma afterwards.. great feed!!
2nd fish of the day
Feeding the chicks
Just a tiny bit of the tail in her talons
Then... A new fish at 16:25
Dumping it in the nest, to eat the head off
Okay Mum.. let's have it:
Osplets at the fish bar!!
Looks like 3rd chick has hatched - Congratulations Maya and 33(11).....
You can see it lying in the shell.
Two heads one bahookie
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Welcome Bob 3! Dad brings a fish and Maya feeds the first two while the third one bobs about
07:45 33 arrives with a fish piece in talon
Maya soon up feeding the bobs
no feed this time for Bob #3 as it kept its head down
but it later appeared when Maya was clearing up
08:46 33 land with a large live fish!
flapped a couple of times and moved into the cup
Maya drags it over
33 flies off - seen the fish tail flap on the chicks!
feed gets underway