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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057 is 54 days old today, the age her sister fledged at (brothers were 53 days).
Conditions seem more favourable today with a breeze that should help her.
Another good show from her
and up she goes
good strong flaps
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I must have jiggled over that example, KAREN, but found this one later ;)
IMAGICAT
Jane - they arrive at such speed - amazing.
Looks like 054 tucking in while one waits on the side and 057 preens
057 is moving around getting ready to steal LOL
I must go out now SYL
057 alone enjoying a fish which I assume is the remains from the earlier one 33 delivered
When 057 is finished, Maya arrives and feeds herself leaving 057 to get on with her exercises
Maya took what was left of the fish from 057 and flew off:
When I glanced up it looked for all the world as tho 057 was just landing !!! but it was just a little bounce ;)
There has been a couple of good flaps and a little helicopter from 057.
She now stands on the edge of the nest looking as if she is psyching herself up