Continued from Manton Bay – March 2024
The history of the Manton Bay nest and stats can be found here
The season so far:
12 Mar: Maya returned @ 15:58 link to post - video
13 Mar: Blue 33(11) returned @ 15:25 link to post - video
30 Mar: Egg #1 laid @ 13:58 link to post - video
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The new month starts with a miserable night seeing Maya rise, flapping her wings to shake the water off then settling back down protecting her egg.
Morning ALL - quick check and random captures from overnight
04:11 Maya takes a small break
05:49 33 arrives to take over
06:31 Maya returns
mating
06:32 Maya takes over
07:49 another change over
08:13 33 sat for a bit then rises
08:15 Maya returns and takes over
10.32 Maya had been incubating, and took a break, revealing still just one egg. 33 returned
Maya came back, 33 mates her
Maya settles
I'm wondering whether #2 egg is on the way. She seems unsettled. Her 'throat' was continually moving as though calling gently or swallowing. She gets up, stands out to the rim then drops to the cup. Her tail is moving. She is up again, checks under her, and is back down.
10.58 she is breathing more heavily.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
11.00 up again, turns the egg, and back down.
11.11 She stands up, moves away from the nest. Stretches her wings and takes offf. Egg home alone.
11.12 33 flies in and immediately takes over incubation.
11.15 perhaps I am being a bit premature! Maya hasn't returned yet.
Edited to fill in the gap
12.24 33 got up and flew off
12.25 Maya returned, followed by 33 for a a quickie. Maya was willing.
12.26 33 left. It looked as tho Maya may had had a bathe. She had a greep and stood n the edge of the rim.
12.29 Maya settled back down on the egg, after turning it.
Thanks Sheila for the updates. Egg #2 could come anytime from now :-)
12:28 Maya appears fidgety
12:31 Maya in the nest cup
12:46 Maya is up - still just the one egg
12:48 a better look
12.54 Maya takes a comfort/exercise break
13.05 33 landed, followed by Maya. He was in the cup, and she flew off again. I wonder it there is an intruder in the Bay
13.09 33 has flown.
Rutland Ospreys having a bit of April fool fun on their X/Twitter account today regarding Maya and 33!
Link Maya and 33’s thoughts
LOL Very clever. Thank you Glider.
13.46 33 arrived with a long stick, disturbing Maya. He bird-handled it to the rim, placing and replacing it. Maya flew off, leaving him to it. Duty took over and he dropped to the cup, moving small twigs. He turned the egg and settled on it again 13.48
14.17 Maya returned and is followed by an intruder. Both mantle and call.
14.19 Calm is restored. Both stand on the nest, 33 preens.
14.20 33 lifts up and came down on Maya, then flew off. Maya remained on the rim.
14.25 Maya flew off.
14.30 Maya returned, and incubates.