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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Also (if you haven't seen it already) I found 70+ high resolution (not webcam) photo's of 33 from 2015 till 2019 and posted that in blue 33's thread. He is such a beauty!
https://ospreycam.net
Morning ALL
1H1 is still here!
05:56 On the nest, looking up fish calling
06:21 On/off the nest but still waiting on breakfish
07:04 still waiting
07:18 33 appears - no fish but starts nest work ignoring 1H1's call
33 and 1H1
Today, Blue 1H1(22) is 104 days old
Checking back, 1H1 has been on and off the nest all day fish calling but no delivery as yet from 33. Maya too has called but nothing.
Some captures of 1H1 on the nest throughout the day and Maya
16:03 An intruder lands on the nest and is chased off by 1H1
Video: Blue 1H1(22) sees off intruder @ 16:03 21 August 2022
16:52 At last, 33 arrives with a small fish for 1H1
and flaps around the nest before she gets hold of it
1H1 stands for a bit
and then flies off with her fish
Bart molenaar said:What a brave girl
She did practise this by chasing her sisters off the nest!!
05:29 1H1 is on the nest waiting on breakfish
07:51 33 arrives with a small fish for her
1H1 mantles, guarding her fish
and then flies off with it