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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20:30 Maya finds a piece of fish from under the chicks and begins to feed
20:33 B33 lands on the nest, not sure if he brought anything with him
He left at 20:35
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20:42 Maya moved her position next to be next to #4
20:46 I think it's #3 who is sitting out
20:57 #3 now getting some fish. #4 is lying down behind it
21:02 Older chick having some more
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21:10 Feed over
21:12 Maya went on a flyabout and then it appeared, by the chicks' reactions, that she landed back on the perch
21:24 Maya is back on the nest with the chicks
Thanks everyone for the fab captures, I need to check the webcam later on in the day, as all your captures look so much better than when I am looking in at earlier times in the morning. Can never seem to get a nice clear view of the chicks.
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Morning ALL and thanks Sandra for last night's coverage and super captures.
Mary - later in the day does seem to be best for captures.
Another dreary day, hopefully we see some sunshine soon
11:35 one chick having a good flap
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Today chick #1 is 36 days old, #2 is 34 days, #3 is 32 and #4 is 29 days old. Within the next week, hopefully these chicks will be ringed with their blue darvics / IDs and we learn of their sexes and other vitals.