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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11:17 33 arrives with a large stick which he drops just before landing on the nest
33 grabs the fish
and flies off with it leaving Maya and the chicks to enjoy the view
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Thank you for all the updates.
Getting very crowded on the nest Karen
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12:05 33 returns with the fish
leaves it and stays for a while - Maya and 33 must be so proud of themselves
catchup:
14:14 Maya was feeding - only one interested
14:19
16:09 33 arrived.
Maya picks up a fish from the nest - unsure if 33 just brought this
16:10 Maya flies off with the fish
16:10 33 remains with the chicks
16:10 Maya returns
16:11 She pecks at the fish
16:12 33 flies off and then Maya flies off again with the fish leaving the chicks
17:35 33 arrives empty taloned
After a nip from one of the chicks and a "look" from Maya, 33 flies off
Richard B
FISH @ 17:38 !!!!
WOW!! 33 has caught this fish in less than 3 minutes as he flew off the nest at 17:35
17:38 Maya grabs hold of it - it is still living
17:40 flaps across the nest
Maya gets hold of it
17:41 She now starts to feed the chicks
15:53 Feed continues
18:00 Three older chicks being fed, #4 still to join the line
#3 has moved back - Maya feeds #2 and #1
18:04 One of the older chicks turns away and Maya continues to feed the other one