Mike, here is the intro. Thanks. Karen
Last season Maya, the resident Manton Bay female, surprised us arriving back 12 March the earliest date ever recorded at a UK public nest. The resident male, Blue 33(11), her mate since 2015, arrived two days later on 14 March and the pair successfully raised two healthy chicks. More details about the Manton Bay nest, including a table of the breeding data, can be found here.
Here’s wishing Maya and Blue 33 a safe journey home and for another successful season.
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Previous Threads:
Manton Bay 2016 - March, April, May, June, July, August,
Manton Bay 2017 - March, April, June, July & August, Sept-End Feb18
Manton Bay 2018 - March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept-End Feb 19
Birdies LG DU update.
IMAGICAT
An empty nest and a crow takes the opportunity inspect carefully, tossing nesting material around, pulling at small twigs
It's quite amusing to watch!
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Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
The crow is back and messing up Maya's nest again
scylla said:I think my bottom cam was frozen the whole time
Yes it was The intruder didn't appear on the top cam at all.
Nice view of Maya flying wide-eyed up to her perch after the attacks:
Maya flew in from the right @ around 04:00, stayed under 10 minutes, watchful:
A bit small but you get the picture ;)