Continued from Manton Bay – May 2021. The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here.
The season so far:
Mar 19: Blue 33(11) returned @ 12:29 & Maya @ 12:52
Mar 30: Egg #1 laid @ 11:45 / hatched 8 May @ 19:51 [39 days]
Apr 2: Egg #2 seen @ 07:34 / hatched 10 May @ 19:48 [38 days]
Apr 5: Egg #3 laid @ 07:05 / ----------
In a couple of weeks, the two chicks will be ringed with their blue darvics and we will learn of their vitals.
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33 having a lie down just now
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capture of the chicks just now
Chick #1 [25 days old]
Chick 2 [23 days old]
checking back, 33 arrived with a fish around 16:39. Some captures
Maya begins to tear at the fish as the chicks get themselves in line
eagerly waiting
Maya looks around and pauses feeding
but chicks impatient and one helps itself
and again :-D
Maya then continued feeding and both were fed well
17:55 33 arrives with another large fish!
taken by Maya
Maya begins to feed the chicks
chicks look round as 33 flies off
and the feed gets underway
As expected the chicks are not too hungry and after about 15 minutes, turn away
Morning ALL
Today #1 is 26 days and #2 is 24 days old
site has been really slow - suspect delayed "first of the month go slow"
Some captures of events from this morning:
05:31 33 arrived with a fish while Maya was on a break
Maya arrived within minutes
#1 was fed from the older piece lying at the front of the nest
#2 was fed from the fish 33 brought earlier
07:24 Maya watches over the two full sleeping chicks
07:54 33 arrives
07:55 Maya grabs the fish, 33 flies off and she gives the chicks a top up
10:02 Another top up
10:13 Chicks full and turn away leaving Maya to eat
#2 stretching its wings
capture of the chicks
Richard B
lol Richard - they are huge aren't they :-D
And always seem to be on show
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