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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Alternating between 2 and 3 birds The one closestto us has been eating
Thanks for all the earlier updates.
07:49 33 arrives with a huge stick as Maya? eats front of nest
33 stays for a few minutes perhaps waiting on the fish but then flies off
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Hopefully when they open, a member of the team can get the top cam back up and running.
08:08 Maya has now flown leaving 083 alone on the nest
08:08 33 arrives with another stick
08;09 33 picks up the fish scrap
33 drops its - perhaps it is just some left over fish skin and stand looking out.
08:14 One of the juveniles arrives
and 33 flies off with the scrap in talon
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top cam back up - all four on the nest just now
12:29 Intruder around???
33 arrives very alert and gets down in among his sons
12:33 33 now up and remaining alert
12:35 33 flies off
083 up and flapping his wings
now rising high
33 arrives - it is very windy!!
Spends a few moments with his sons
082 - 080 (back) - 083 and 081 (front)
083 is keen to go!
helicoptering
rising higher
and down