MANTON BAY - September 2019 to end of February 2020

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Manton Bay 2019 Summary
Maya returned 14 Mar and Blue 33(11) on 23 Mar. Maya laid four eggs on 2, 5, 8 and 11 Apr hatching 11, 11, 13 and 17 May. The four chicks were ringed on 21 Jun - #1 Blue 054(F), #2 Blue 055(M), #3 Blue 056(M) and #4 Blue 057(F). Details of their vital statistics can be found here. All four fledged - Blue 055 (age 53 days) on 3 Jul, Blue 054 (age 54 days) on 4 Jul, Blue 056 (age 53 days) on 5 Jul and Blue 057 (age 55 days) on 11 Jul. Blue 054 (age 99 days) was last seen 18 Aug, Blue 055 (age 104 days) & Blue 057(age 98 days) were last seen 23 Aug and Blue 056 (age 103 days) was last seen 24 Aug.  

Edit 5/9: Maya and Blue 33 remained for a few days before setting off.  Both were last seen 2 Sept.

Manton Bay 2019 Slideshow summarising the season can be viewed here.

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