The purpose of this thread is for recording the season’s day to day activity at the Manton Bay nest thus freeing up the Rutland Osprey Project 2017 thread for general news on all the other birds, nests and projects.
For anyone new following Manton Bay, Maya and Blue 33(11) have been the resident pair for the last two years and to date have raised six chicks. More details about the nest and a table of the breeding data can be found here. Last season Maya returned on the 21 March and Blue 33(11) arrived a few days later on the 27 March.
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I am sure I speak for us all in wishing Maya and Blue 33(11) a safe journey home and for another successful season at Manton Bay.
Mating attempt. I don't think it was successful. Quite comical, actually.
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Another mating attempt, again I don't think it was successful.
33 took off and returns with a stick which I have just managed to capture LOL. They are getting bigger :-D
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I'll see if I can find the comical mating attempt and the stick.
IMAGICAT
33 has flown off leaving Maya to place the stick
33 returns, another mating attempt.
I wonder what they are saying to each other?
And I see one stick standing on end which he must of brought in earlier!
Probably "lets have another go" .. as as I am posting this, another mating attempt.
Edit: I meant to say the top cam screen has cleared now. So I am wondering if that mark is condensation?
They need to practice this mating thing a bit more. For now, I haven't seen a successful attempt yet... though they keep trying.
noc said: They need to practice this mating thing a bit more. For now, I haven't seen a successful attempt yet... though they keep trying.
Nor have I Noc! But it does look really windy there which I think must be making it difficult. And also fishing, I don't think either of them have even attempted that this morning.
I'm getting quite a lot of mini freezes, are you? I need to know because I've got LG on the same laptop and the VLC sound is cutting out frequently on that, so I hope it's not my laptop... or maybe my internet, since my speed has been reduced :(
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A couple of examples of mating+stick:
Yes Scylla mine has been a bit stop start this morning.