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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Something going on above the nest for all the chicks are there, looking up and ducking!
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Threat soon passes and one of the Juvies flies off, returns quickly and snuggles down with its siblings.
All for one!
This might be packaged spider-prey, it appeared about this time:
Wake-up time:
57 still lazing:
Picture got (more!) confused by another juvie landing:
But it looks as tho 57 was still lazing:
Then did she get up for fish?
No - because after a 25-minute session with the fish it flew off:
???
So you are there ;-D
The fish all to herself:
IMAGICAT
This might have been Maya arriving, whoever it was stayed and might be feeding - other juvies subsequently arrived:
Morning Scylla, Patily and ALL Thanks Scylla for the catch up captures and likewise Patily, I could not make out anything either. Just now, 057 alone on the nest getting tucked into the fish
33 arrived and mantling
threat soon passes. 33 calms down, picks up the fish and flies off with it.
057, left alone now, settles down
33 returns with a fish, perhaps the one he took away earlier?
One of the Juvies who had joined 057 has grabbed it and feeding itself
I was hoping this smear would clear, but no and how annoying it is.
What is it?
Birdies LG DU update.