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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10:45 Maya arrives
Maya watches someone approaching !!
Maya swiftly takes off as 095 approaches the nest
095 remains on the nest calling
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and flies off approx 11:11 -
ENS
11:34 Maya returns with a large stick
095 follows her to the nest
and starts calling
11:37 After doing some tidying up, Maya flies off
095 continues to call / potters about
11:40 095 then flies off
12:40 095 returns
and calling
checking back,
095, who happens to be 100 days old today, has been on and off the nest all afternoon calling.
She is back just now (16:03) and still calling!!
No sign of 096 as yet!
17:26 33 arrives with a small fish for 095
quickly taken
close up of her fish
17:27 095 flies off with it
17:41 095 returns
fishless !! She has either scoffed it or dropped it
And again she is calling
I'm sorry to see that there was no good news re 096 yesterday, but thank you for all the news you did bring, KAREN.
EDIT - I went thru yesterday evening - 095's final fly-off was 19:47. No-one else seen.
19 August
095 got TWO fish this morning, admittedly the first was a half.
The second fish was a fine whopper:
IMAGICAT