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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Water levels seem even lower than 3 weeks ago when we were last here and there is vegetation crop on the shores which geese seem to be feeding on!
The sun glistening through the nest sticks whilst 1H1 tucking in to tea!
Maya takes fish to her post to eat it after 1H1 leaves it getting harassed by gulls!
The geese grazing on the shore
All the family now together!
Maya on cam post with fish 33 on fallen tree little un howling on the nest! Lol!
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33 and 1H1 looking up to Asha (edit: Maya ofc) on the post, who has a fish in her talons..
Also in the vid, which has some proper after season nest building by both 1H1 and in the end 33 doing a proper job of cleaning