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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Patily,
He returned 18 May and also intruded at Manton Bay!
Alan Petrie posted the news on the Rutland thread - here is the link to the tweet about it
But for simplicity, here are captures of the news
17:13 33 arrived with a fish and taken by Maya
chicks line up and eat the lot!
17:35 33 arrives with remains of another fish - he must have been having a snack while Maya fed the chicks
Once more taken by Maya
33 flies off - perhaps to get himself a fish :-) and Maya dishes it out between the chicks
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Just checked and see heavy rain forecast from the early hours of the morning also weather warnings for thunderstorms until Saturday.
I did think the chicks would have been ringed today and especially with the forecast but hopefully the weather isn't as bad over the next few days and they manage to ring them.
Off now - BFN
It would appear that the kids have already had breakfast and are sleeping it off
C ROP
Morning ALL
Today #1 is 40 days & #2 is 38 days old
Maya stands by as one of the chicks self feeds
Birdies LG DU update.