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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One of each - well guessed Patily :-)
Chick #2 - 095 - female
Chick #1 - 096 - male
Interesting that the male is the oldest chick!
Link to FB post
Birdies LG DU update.
09:33 Maya has returned to the nest
09:58 Fish!!
09:59 33 flies off and feed gets underway
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Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Richard B
and Blue 560 :-D Yes Richard, I noticed and thought both rings could raise confusion especially if anyone is like me and can never remember which way to read the rings!!!