Continued from Manton Bay – July 2021.
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here.
2021 Season Summary: On 19 March, Blue 33(11) returned at 12:29 and Maya at 12:52. Three eggs were laid, #1 on 30 March at 11:45, #2 seen on 2 April at 07:34 and #3 on 5 April at 07:05. Sadly only two eggs hatched, the first on 8 May at 19:51 and the second on 10 May at 19:48, one being unviable. The chicks were ringed on 19 June. Chick #1, a male, was fitted with the blue darvic 096 and Chick #2, a female, was fitted with blue 095 . At 54 days old, Blue 096 fledged at 12:12 on 1 July and Blue 095, aged 53 days old, at 11:12 on 2 July. On 22 August at 09:10, Blue 095 aged 104 days old, set off on migration and 3 minutes later, 09:13, Blue 096 aged 106 days old left. Maya and Blue 33(11) remained and finally set off - Maya on 30 August and Blue 33(11) the next morning on 31 August.
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Amusing tug-of-sticks between the pair of Cormorants who've wasted no time moving in to the empty nest
Geemeff said:Amusing tug-of-sticks
Aww dang, I've done one too - let's hope it's a bit different!
IMAGICAT
04 Septenber
Found a morsel and flew with it:
19:19 - One flew off and had not returned at the time of typing - the other is preening and sleeping:
05 September
It was mid/late morning before the lone Cormorant left, maybe under pressure? The reason I've uploaded iit is because of the almost total absence of blurring on flapping
The deserted Cormorant is still spending a lot of time alone on the nest, incuding nights. (But it could be a series of different birds and I'd not notice.)
Optical illusion