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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16:34 33 in for a nosh
He then flies off with one of the fishes
Unknown said:Was it a floppy fish that demised #4 please?
Yes Cirrus, a live pike got loose & #4 never recovered from being bashed & squashed, very sad time as not long hatched!
2013 photos & vids here
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17:55 33 after eating a few bits, wants to feed the chicks but Maya quickly moves in. For some reason Maya is never keen for 33 to feed the chicks!
Then with her back to us blocking the view, she feeds the chicks
Just before sunrise, 33 arrived with a partial fish - chicks quickly up for breakfish
06:16 back again with the fish
06:19 another helping
close up - they're getting big
07:23 the last of the fish
08:04 33 joins Maya for a bit as she broods the chicks
09:25 Maya returns from a dip, preens while watching the chicks waiting on 33 who are now getting restless!!
#1 attacks #2 who has ended on its back
squabbling continues
#1 has a hold of #3 wing
33 arrives as #1 now starts on #2 - both #2 and #3 are in submission
a break before #1 starts again!
Maya is blocking the view but it is still going on - 33 flies off hopefully for a fish!
10:02 all waiting on fish
10:17 Fish!!
10:18 33 flies off leaving Maya to feed the chicks
Big floppy fish leaving 1 a bit stunned (didn't really get hit), but 3 got a big whop and flies across the nestbowl. 1 is now getting up and is okay
https://ospreycam.net
33 is eating on the nest, when he offers some to the kids on the other side.#2 goes to him and 33 offers it a bit.. 2 is just a bit reluctant to get it..Turns around to mum and looks at her as if asking "Okay Mum?". or maybe "What do I do now??"
Longer video at https://ospreycam.net/mantonbay/news/23-may-2023-33-trying-to-feed-the-kids-maya-takes-over Maya doesn't approve when all the kids go to 33 to get some food and intervenes..
Morning ALL and thanks for the updates - that video of the pike bashing the chicks is horrendous!
07;17 chicks snoozing while Maya takes a break
she returns with a huge clump of hay
and places it on the chicks then has a preen
Hope Maya moves this also 33 watches where he lands with a fish!
Hate seeing this hay as a few years back resulted in the loss of one of the chicks