Continued from Manton Bay - May 2022
Details about the Manton Bay nest can be found on the season’s opening post
The season so far: Maya returned 15 March @ 10:21 & Blue 33(11) on 21 March @ 17:29Egg #1 laid 31 March @ c 23:30 & hatched 09 May @ 23:02Egg #2 laid 03 April @ 18:31 & hatched 10 May @ 12:30Egg #3 laid 06 April @ 20:30 & hatched 12 May @ 08:24
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Under the careful care and protection of Maya and 33(11), all three chicks have thrived and later this month we will learn more about them when ringing takes place.
08:19 33 delivers a large fish
Maya and 33 mantling - something followed him to the nest
Maya then moves round takes the fish and feed gets underway
Feed underway just now
Maya standing with her chicks who are preening and chattering I think that is already fish on the nest Covids heard but not seenand Maya telling them off
14:30 MB Family
some wing exercises
15:28 chicks view their surroundings as Maya has a good nosh
Some captures of this morning's activities
06:32 33 arrives with large headless fish - as per Patily's post above
06:34 33 has dropped the fish off and flown as one chick exercises its wings
06:37 think 33 is on the campost as chicks all looking up
06:54 Two chicks gather round Maya but she is not feeding them!! The other does more exercises
tiniest hop there!
07:22 Maya has flown leaving the chicks with the fish to help themselves but they just settle down