Continued from Manton Bay – July 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 with the other three first seen 4, 6 and 9 April. Maya and Blue 33(11) faithfully incubated the four 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. On 26 June, Blue 080, aged 51 days, fledged at 16:03 followed by Blue 082, aged 50 days, at 06:15 on 29 June, Blue 081, aged 54 days at 16:03 on 1 July and Blue 083, aged 55 days at 07:30 on 7 July.
Maya and Blue 33(11) have done a tremendous job rearing their family and 33 once more has proved himself to be a fantastic provider as there has not been one day this season when he has failed to bring in fish for his family.
Thanks to their fantastic parents, Blue 080, 081, 082 and 083 have had the best possible start in life growing into strong, healthy young ospreys and soon will go their separate ways setting off south on their first migration.
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10:25 081 has returned and having some more fish
10:27 finished?
10:28 No, 081 returns to the fish
and eats some more
10:31 081 finishes
flies off leaving the fish on the nest
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10:33 Maya arrives and has a peck at the fish
10:34 Maya flies off leaving the fish
10:35 Maya returns - she already has a fish piece in her talons
she moves over and after this capture flies off
ENS
13:34 081 on the nest
Video: Blue 081(20) - 13:34 to 13:44 16 Aug 2020
FISH @ 13:55
33 arrives with a fish for 081!
Video: 33 delivers fish to 081 at 13:55 16 Aug 2020
081 flew off with it at 13:59
Morning ALL
Today,080 is 103 days old081 is 101 days old082 is 99 days old &083 is 96 days old
~~~~~~~~~~~~Note:082 was last seen on the nest 2 Aug, aged 84 days &083 was last seen on the nest 9 Aug, aged 88 days
One juvenile on the nest just now.
view of him from bottom cam
Unsure who? Hopefully he will move over so we can see him or his darvic
A look
then a stretch reveals it is 081
08:42 081 continues to call! I wonder if 33 is nearby with a fish
FISH @ 08:55 and it escapes!!!
08:55 33 arrives with a fish
081 makes for it
the fish wriggles across the nest as 081 goes after it
and the fish escapes over the side
Video: Fish from 33 @ 08:55 escapes over the edge!!
33 & 081's faces are a picture :-D