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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33 and Maya both on the nest watching over the chicks
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Maya doesn't look so big anymore !
12:38 Maya looks up wary - 33 has arrived and chicks flatten - intruder???
33 flew off then returned and remains on the nest alert
12:42 One of the chicks very active just now having a good flap
lovely to see them starting to exercise those wings :-)
Top cam keeps freezing/going down and not a good view with Maya with her back to us but by her motions, it looks very much like she is feeding the chicks just now
more so on the bottom cam
I've not seen 33 with any fish deliveries on the bottom cam so suspect this may be a fish piece left from earlier???
Chick has a wing flap while waiting
Maya giving her beak a wipe so looks like the fish piece is finished.
Looking miserable now