Continued from Manton Bay – May 2020
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here
The season so far: The resident pair both returned on 16 March - Blue 33(11) at 07:12 and Maya at 13:16. For the second consecutive year, Maya laid four eggs – the first on 29 March followed by another three first seen on 4, 6 and 9 April. Maya and Blue 33(11) faithfully incubated the four eggs and on day 38, the first chick hatched 6 May c13:20 followed by Chick #2 on 8 May c06:10, Chick #3 on 10 May c14:45, and Chick #4 on 13 May c20:45.
All four chicks have thrived under the protection of Maya and Blue 33(11) who has once again proved to be a fantastic provider for his family.
In two/three week’s time, the chicks will be ringed and we’ll learn a bit more about them.
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There was another feed @ 19:30, with a leaf attached to the fish - Maya moved it afterwards:
21:30:
22:00
00:30 Maya left the nest:
The chicks had been in a heap most of the night, at 04:00 activity started:
04:09 Maya returned:
Then the feed, then Maya looking beautiful:
She's still in the same pose but on daycam.
IMAGICAT
Morning all, thanks for all the updates, I've not been able to watch the cam over the past couple of days - the chicks look wonderful!
11:47 Cam keeps freezing
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14:16 B33 landed on the nest (no fish). All but 1 chick immediately looked in his direction
15:27 #4 moving the greenery
15:29 Unsure if this is a fish delivery. Both cams froze after this snap
Yes, it was a fish delivery. #4 and an older chick being fed here
Cams still freezing
15:39 Older chick turned away
15:41 #4 continuing to eat
15:50 #4 has moved away allowing the others to get their share
19:08 Fish delivered
And served
#4 in the right place again
19:12
19:21 The older chick on the left moved away, its place taken by one that had been sitting out behind the group
Good Evening and thanks for all the coverage of today's activity. Much appreciated.
Today Chick #1 is 33 days, chick #2 is 31 days, chick #3 is 29 days and chick #4 is 26 days old.
A capture of each chick's profile:
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Hopefully I have got #1 and #2 the right way as it is very difficult to tell them apart!