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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Great news about the 2nd egg
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Karen, I hope all is ok? I know you regularly post during the evening. Just in case you didn't see the lovely fish delivery, and that the footage may be past the normal 12 hour streaming limit early in the morning, I hope you don't mind me posting this.
Maya received a well-deserved headless fish at 18:30
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Sandra said:A much better resolution. Taken on slo-mo at 13:15:15
I cannot do any better!
In fact, I suspect she didn't even lay the darn thing, there's no evidence that she did, and I reckon 33 popped it up from under cos he was fed up waiting
IMAGICAT
Just seen the male pop in with a huge fish for Maya who finally took off to eat it and Male finally settled on the 2 eggs.
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Haha scylla he would of he could too!
Hope you are well Karen.
The earlier headless fish delivery for Maya.
Blue33 flew past the nest with the fish before he landed.
17.27
17.29 Maya was up quickly and took the fish away.
17.32 Blue33 happily settled.
19.05 An hour and a half later Maya returns
And Blue33 gets up to give her her place back.
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Trusting you are well {{{KAREN}}} and looking forward to seeing you here later
Ditto to that, Scylla!
B33 delivered a headless fish at 19:34
Maya up from incubation to receive it
Apologies for Maya's blurred flight away
I've noticed that Maya has been breathing quite quick and heavy again, the same as it was prior to her laying the 2nd egg. I wonder if she is feeling a third egg moving down her oviduct? Her breathing appeared to be back to normal after laying egg #2.
Hello Karen..... We're back just in time to watch another egg pop out we think!
Struggling with the site still as account still showing as there's an issue with spam and abuse! Anyway not sure anything will post so won't write too much until see lol!
Hello LAM. In Karen's absence...
Two eggs at 10:56
Maya was in active labour at 11:03, with B33 by her side.
3rd egg revealed at 11:07
Enjoy your visit!