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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08:07 1H1 returns with her fish and tucks in on the nest
08:11 Maya joins her daughter - fish finished
08:59 1H1 hangs about the nest, fish calling
09:07 1H1 flies off
09:40 1H1 returns, still calling
10:18 Off for a bit then back, still calling on 33 for fish
Another break until
12:16 She is back and still calling
Noticeable cut back on fish by 33 - think he is trying to give her the hint to be on her way and perhaps Maya too ??
Today, Blue 1H1(22) is 105 days old
12:21 Maya brings 1H1, who has been constantly calling / looking up, a headless fish
Maya flies off leaving 1H1
33 arrives with a fish piece for her
33 keeps the fish and has a couple of bits on the nest
33 flies off with his fish piece leaving 1H1 who screeches and mantles for a bit before preparing to fly off with the large fish from Maya
and off she goes
16:12 - 33 had arrived with 1H1 close behind. 33 flew off leaving 1H1 on the nest and fish calling
She really is a very pretty osprey
17:48 FISH - 33 arrives with a headless whopper
After cleaning his beak, 33 flies off
1H1 stands a while with her fish
17:57 still standing
Karen W said:
Totally agree Karen, she’s beautiful.
1H1 is tucking in now