Continued from Manton Bay – June 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. Maya, for the second consecutive year, laid four eggs – the first on 29 March and the other three first seen 4, 6 and 9 April. Maya and Blue 33(11) faithfully incubated the eggs and on day 38, chick #1 hatched 6 May c 13:20 followed by chick #2 on 8 May c 06:10, chick #3 on 10 May c14:45, and chick #4 on 13 May c20:45. On 16 June the chicks were ringed with their blue darvics – chick #1- 080, chick #2 - 081, chick #3 - 082 and chick #4 - 083 - and are all thought to be males.
On 26 June at 16:03, Blue 080 fledged aged 51 days followed by Blue 082 at 06:15 on 29 June aged 50 days and soon 081 and 083 will too.
For the next six weeks or so, the chicks will explore their surroundings perfecting their flying skills and strengthening their wings and for when they migrate. Until then Maya and 33 will protect their young and 33 will continue to bring in fish for his family.
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As Karen has posted, 081 onto the nest, waiting for 082 to have his fill
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19:40 081 now has the fish. 082 flew off the nest after this snap
19:43
19:47 081 walked away from the fish, still plenty for the other two juveniles
19:50 Fish home alone
19:51 B33 to the nest, looks around and then flies off with the fish
19:52 Aww, 083 comes to the nest
083 has been picking up scraps but he did have a good feed with Maya a little earlier
20:04 083 flew from the nest, off to the right
BFN
21:21 Maya feeding two of her boys
21:27 One was 083 who had walked away
21:27 Then flew off the nest
21:33 The other juvenile, who I couldn't ID, left the nest leaving Maya to feed herself
21:35 Another youngster has joined Maya and is having a good feed too
Even though weather conditions haven't been the best, B33 has done extremely well to provide for all of his family today - what a star he is!
21:40 Juvenile (right) walked away from Maya. She left the nest after this snap
I couldn't quite see the ring clear enough but was possibly 082. This was him before he flew off the nest, to the right
21:50 ENS
Has Maya been fishing or just returning fish originally caught by 33? 082 was standing at the back of the nest with another yougster way at the bottom of our view so just caught a partial wing now and again Then Mayya arrived with apartly eaten fish and is now feeding 082 and ? with the other still at the bottom
082moving away....now going back in again 080 just arrived and found scrap of fish All others flown so none particularly hungry Perhaps they had all been fed earlier
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16:43 082 with fish
16:47 Maya to the nest to feed
16:50 Another juvenile has arrived
16:53 Juvenile self-feeding
Maya flew from the nest
16:55 081 on the left
17:02 080 with the fish
17:16 ENS