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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Who do we have here? Identical poses and identical shouting mode
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Birdies LG DU update.
Morning All - juvies still feeding from the fish delivered earlier
07:56 054 still eating with 057 and 055 waiting
08:08 054 finished and flew off and 055 grabbed the fish. 055 eats with 057 waiting
08:18 057 tries to steal and gets warned off by 055
18:23 055 finished and flies off as 057 picks up the fish to have her share
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Maya has arrived looking for some fish but waits as 057 continues to eat and then once full, Maya takes the fish.
057 wipes her beak while Maya flies off with the fish. 057 follows and ENS until this little visitor appears and picks up fish bits
Maya has returned with the fish and 057 has arrived.
Maya feeds 057
Then 055 arrives and Maya now feeds him
BBC report mentioned on Dyfi Chat.
055 flew off a few minutes ago leaving Maya to the fish and now 054 has arrived and Maya is now feeding her
I wonder if 056 will appear too?
Kind regards, Ann
055 with a fish just now
057 arrives and waits while 055 gets tucked in
16:55 057 takes the fish as 055 is now full
16:58 055 flies off leaving 057 to enjoy the fish