Continued from Manton Bay July 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 @ 17:29. Egg #1 laid 31 March @ c 23:30 & hatched 09 May @ 23:02, Egg #2 laid 03 April @ 18:31 & hatched 10 May @ 12:30 and Egg #3 laid 06 April @ 20:30 & hatched 12 May @ 08:24. On 20 June the chicks were ringed with their unique blue darvics. Chick #1 was fitted with 1H1, #2 with 1H2 and #3 with 1H3. All chicks were females and their biometric data can be found here. 1H1 fledged on 2 July @ 05:34, 1H3 on 3 July @ 12:09 and 1H2 on 4 July @ 09:06.
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And here she is!!!
14:44 1H1 lands on the nest
fish calling
close up of 1H1
14:53 still around - no fish delivery for her :-(
14:54 1H1 then flies up to the cam post
ENS
All the family still here - still to see Maya and 1H1 eat but they may be eating off cam on the perch which we know happens thanks to LAM's site reports.
Fingers crossed they hold back and still around when you visit LAM. I was checking their ages earlier and today: Blue 1H1 is 84 days old Blue 1H2 is 83 days old and Blue 1H3 is 81 days old We just never know and suppose we really are just counting the days now!!
16:20 33 arrives
followed by 1H1
33 mantling, wing flapping
both mantling
33 flies off leaving 1H1
17:00 1H1 still waiting and calling on a fish