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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Self-feeding - the ringer better book a diary date soon as these chicks are huge and getting quite independent! (Wasn't able to post yesterday, glad to see this website is loading slightly faster today.)
Thanks for all the updates, captures & vid.
Today, #1 is 31 days & #2 is 29 days old
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13:35 33 arrived with a stick plonking it down on the chicks
and eventually pushed over the edge!
some captures of the chicks
Thanks Korky.
Forgot to post this one earlier of one of the family I captured yesterday
17:50 33 arrived with a fish which unfortunately is blocked by the smear
feed underway
Thanks Sandra Yes, I still think they are both males only because they are both so laid back and there has been very little aggression here. But I must admit at times I do wonder as they are huge! Can't wait till ringing :-)