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 spending some time on the nest just now - always nice to see the family together
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14:07 Fish!! 33 arrives with a large, live fish
Maya soon takes it and 33 flies off as the chicks line up
feed gets underway
14:35 Two very full chicks turn away leaving Maya to have her share
Kind regards, Ann
16:49 Fish
33 arrives looking for Maya!
chicks make their way over
Maya arrives and takes the fish
#2 up first and gets fed
33 flies off, #1 gets in line and Maya continues feeding
fish for #2
and for #1
17:06 Both chicks full and turn away leaving Maya to the fish
lol - a minute later they are back for more!!
more for #1
more for #2
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Morning ALL -
Today #1 is 27 days & #2 is 25 days old
Brief summary of the morning so far:
03:20 Maya is still spending the night on the nest with the chicks
04:37 Maya fed the chicks from a fish piece left over on the nest from last night
04:58 33 arrived with a large fish
05:01 He stood for a few minutes and then flew off with it
05:22 Maya fed the chicks again from the left over fish
06:14 chicks snoozing off their breakfish
06:24 33 returns with the now headless fish having had his share
06:26 Maya arrives and along with 33 does some nestwork
06:56 Maya feeds the chicks from the fresh fish 33 has just brought back
close up
and current scene
07:29 33 arrives and stands along with Maya watching over the sleeping chicks
Have to sign off now - BFN
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