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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JaneV said:An Osprey has been flying low over the water not sure if an adult or 55.
I managed to get a capture of that Jane. I was laughing thinking, if it was him, just what a tease 055 is as the chicks look on.
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055 landed,
stayed a minute then off again. All chicks flat down when he took off :-D
and back again
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And he has gone again!
33 with a fish. Maya arrives and trying to get the fish which seems stuck.
33 has flown and still Maya tries then eventually gets it and feeds the chicks
While Maya was feeding, 054 was getting up to good heights and helicoptering.
On one attempt I saw a stick caught in her foot and another some nesting material. She was up for a while and out of sight
chicks looking up
a clump of nest material was caught in her foot
another try and 054 coming down
Maya is now securing the loose sticks at the back of the nest which 054 caught when wing flapping/rising. As she was doing so, 055 returned.
Maya has now flown