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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18:53 33 arrives with a huge, live fish
33 flies off and Maya stands on it - what a whopper !!
feed gets underway
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Morning ALL
Today,
096 is 44 days and
095 is 42 days old
07:37 FISH!!
Maya gets hold of it
and feeds gets underway
095 self feeding while 096 watches
Enormous fish brought in by 33 at about 14.10.
Richard B