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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couple of close ups of 081
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there is Cathy. Bet 33 is counting the days until they've all fledged and he can get a sit down :-D
18:39 081
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What a great effort from 081 !!!
Here is a video of him helicoptering 18:26
can't be too much longer before he fledges!
18:51 33 has arrived
Grabs the fish
and flies off with it
Karen W said:I thought he may of gone today Sandra but surely soon. He just needs to pluck up the courage to take that leap but I suppose he will know when its time :-) And then we will all feel sorry for 083 :-)
Absolutely, Karen! :)