Link to previous thread: Manton Bay – June 2019
The season so far: Maya arrived back 14 March and Blue 33(11) on 23 March. Maya laid 4 eggs 2, 5, 8 and 11 April hatching 11, 11, 13 and 17 May. The four chicks were ringed on 21 June as follows: #1 Blue 054 (F), #2 Blue 055 (M), #3 Blue 056 (M) and #4 Blue 057 (F). Further details of their vital statistics can be found here.
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LOL Maya and the chicks all looking
and back down
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Thanks Birdie, also Sheila for the links to 055's high lifts yesterday.
Been watching from a distance and not a lot happening today. Agree Birdie, much harder today to ID the chicks.
So today I thought I would have a try at uploading/posting video and drumroll LOL here is my first ever attempt :-D
Wing flapping @ 14:46
And this will most probably be the one and only for far too much work! Well done Scylla, Birdie and everyone else - I don't know how you do it and appreciate your videos even more now :-)
LOL Birdie, I don't think so! Please stick around :-D
FISH @ 16:20
33 delivers a whopper and is quickly taken by one of the chicks
33 flies off and the chick starts feeding
Maya then takes the fish but the chick comes after it LOL
Tug of fish between Maya and the chicks and Maya lets it win
Chick hangs on and enjoys its fish
Maya has now flown and the chick is very possessive turning on its siblings if they try to steal
LOL - it is a massive fish and one of the others is pecking at it from the other end
Maya has returned and 054 has given up and I wish it wouldn't stand on the edge for those sticks may be loose!!
As the other chicks circle around, Maya tries to take the fish but 054 pulls it from her and thankfully moves on to the nest
054 then turns her back on Maya and her siblings possessively protecting "her" fish and once more eats
I think this feed is going to go on for a very, very long time so I'm off to see to my own dinner LOL BBL
Chicks given up leaving the fish at the side. Maya stands by not attempting to feed them.
Soon 33 arrives and picks up the fish
He then flies off with it and there is plenty left !!
33 returns with the fish and one of the chicks grabs it
33 flies off and the chick starts helping itself