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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10:43 Maya arrives.
10:43 081 follows Maya to the nest
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FISH @ 10:45
33 arrives with a fish
Maya takes the fish
33 flies off
Maya flies off with the fish
Juvenile left shouting (cannot clearly see darvic to +ID)
Video: 33 delivers fish @ 10:45 18 Aug 2020
10:56 A wet juvenile lands on the nest
Brief visit and then flies off. Still can't +ID
11:02 081 arrives and shouting up at the cam post
081 continues to stand and yell
11:15 And still 081 stands - waiting
11:20 081 flies off
ENS
11:29 081 returns, still shouting
11:34 still waiting
A few minutes later, 081 flew off.
12:51 081 returns
13:02 081 was mantling and 33 arrives to protect his son
13:05 Unseen threat passes and all looking calm
13:05 33 flies off leaving 081
13:25 081 returned to the nest after having a brief break. Once more shouting
13:26 Maya arrives with the remains of a fish for him
swiftly taken by 081
Maya flies off leaving 081 with the fish
081 soon gets tucked in
13:46 still eating
13:57 081 flies off with his fish
15:19 081 returns
15:25 and calling
I wonder if 080 is still around?