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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083 now joins 080 and is yelling for his fish dinner
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FISH @ 19:00 33 brings 080 a smallish live fish.
080 grabs 33's foot instead of the fish
and the fish flaps across the nest!!
080 gets hold of the fish as 33 prepares to fly off
and 080 tucks in
Video: 33 brings 080 a live fish @ 19:00
Earlier this morning, just as I was going out so unable to post,
@ 08:59 33 delivered a huge fish eagerly taken by 082
082 was soon tucking in
Hopefully all the family got a share
One juvenile was on the nest calling
10:41 33 arrives with a large fish
juvenile takes the fish
33 flies off
juvenile tucks in
33 is in fine form this morning arriving with another fish - the third one I've seen since 09:00!
11:25 Maya arrives as the juvenile continues to eat
33 arrives with a fish which Maya takes
Maya flies off with her fish as 33 cleans his beak so he has eaten too :-)
11:28 33 flies off leaving the juvenile to continue eating his fish
11:33 Juvenile (still can't make out the darvic ID) now finished and cleans his beak
He then flies off leaving the fish on the nest
ENS
11:38 Maya returns with the fish and stands on the nest looking around perhaps wondering if any of her boys will arrive for some
11:50 No one arrives and Maya flies off with her fish
11:58 083 appears and grabs the fish
he eats some at the nest
and then flies off with the fish - missed capture
12:34 081 on the nest with Maya
12:35 Maya now warns off an unseen intruder
12:36 more settled now
12:39 081 gets fed by mum :-)
peek a boo
19:48 Another 'peek-a-boo' moment, this time with 081
Thanks so much for your coverage, Karen!
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