Link to previous thread: Manton Bay – July 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. 055 aged 53 days fledged first on 3 July followed by 054 aged 54 days on 4 July then 056 aged 53 days on 5 July and finally 057 aged 55 days fledged on 11 July.
August has now arrived and the migration window opens. Maya and 33(11) have done a fantastic job raising these four beautiful young ospreys ensuring they have had the best start in life to undertake their first migration. So until such times they go their independent ways and head off south, enjoy!
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057 has arrived and calling
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Only stays a minute and flies off
Kind regards, Ann
057 returns
057 has now flown.
057 is back
and closely followed by 056.
Short Video of 056 joining 057 on the nest
33 is approaching with a fish!!
FISH @ 19:21
33 arrives with a fish
056 yanks it from 33's foot, 057 looks on
056 now has it
055 arrives and 056 guards the fish - all three juvies are still here
033 flies off
Video of 19:21 Fish Delivery
056 has flown with the fish. 057 and 055 are not amused!
I wonder if 33 will bring in another Gardenbirder for that was a large fish 056 took off with and would have done all three of them!
Nice capture here of 055 and 057
057 has flown and a close up of 055, now 102 days old.
and another :-)