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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19:50 Fish!!
OH NO NO NO
The fish got loose and flapped over the chicks - that little one that has just hatched
Oh the chicks
Two heads were just rising as 33 flew off but the fish has got loose again and it is a pike
33 has returned - this is awful
Maya is looking on -
she is tearing at the clump - suppose like us tearing our hair out !
Maya has just picked up the shell - oh that poor little chick that has just hatched and #3 - it is only 1 day old !!
Crikey, Maya is lying down on the fish on the chicks!!
Maya is trying to bundle the chicks up - looks like #4 underneath
not an easy task especially with difference in sizes and a pike in there too isn't helping