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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I thinks so Mike.
054 stands relaxing while 056 is having a good wing flap and is beginning to get some height
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Maya has arrived and has some fish and now feeding one of the chicks
Lots of defending this morning and now Maya deciding it is safe to return to the fish. Not sure which youngster is feeding but it looks very large.
Just back from walking my dog and see just 2 on the nest!!
Hi Birdie, well that is you, Jane and me that has missed a capture!
Jane - it is quick, and no warning. Same yesterday with 055, he just took off and I happened to grab a shot of his feet! It was only when he didn't come back down that I suddenly realised that he was off ie fledged! LOL it does take a couple of minutes for your head to get around what has just happened :-D
But perhaps the cam has been kinder to Scylla this morning and it hasn't frozen and she has a vid! We'll find out later when she looks in :-)