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.
Webcam/Copyright: © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
07:38 FISH
Maya arrives, takes the fish and 33 flies off
feed gets underway
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
While 095 feasts, 096 helicopters
up,
and way up then out of sight!!
I hope they zoom the cam out a little so we can see them
096 once more helicopters!
095 watches 096 rise
he is up, out of sight!!
helicoptering
and then lands on top of Maya !!
and after they sort themselves out - some well deserved fish
Maya has flown leaving the chicks to self feed
08:46 Once the chicks are finished, Maya arrives, collects the fish and flies off with it
and the chicks have a snooze
Morning Karen, 096 is certainly having lots of practice! Poor Maya, part and parcel of being on the nest at a time when the youngsters are at the next stage of their development! lol Both 095 and 096 look fantastic.
Hi Sandra, yes 096 is putting in plenty of practice and here he goes again!
Missing the old wide angle cam as I always loved seeing them off the nest.
Hopefully soon they zoom out a little so we can see the chicks helicoptering
33 arrived and mantling
he has flown as I type
and today's portraits
096 @ 50 days old
and 095 @ 48 days old
and together
095 now getting a little height off the nest
and of course 096 shows off getting himself way up out of sight :-D