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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08:57 - 3 minutes later, 33 arrives on the nest with another fish. What a fisher he is!
looks around
and Maya arrives
she takes the fish
and flies off
08:58 Job done - 33 then flies off both his girls fed
Blue 33(11) - our superosprey
off out now - catch up later
Around 11:00 33 brings a fish, but doesn't give it to the waiting (and yelling 1H1), Joined by Maya at 11:03:50.. who leaves at 11:0633 eats all the fish by himself and goes away at 11:11 leaving 1H1 on the nest
Maya and 1H1 looking hungrily while 33 is enjoying his well deserved fish
13:20 and she's still waiting for her second fish (and waiting is a polite word for calling for food out loud). She's on the nest very often I notice and also checking the skies a lot.
Hopefully for her there will be fish soon... or is it an incentive to get moving south?Edit: It's kind of relaxing hearing her call on a low speaker while working (still no fish at 14:17)
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Finally: FISH! at 14:25 (albeit another small one) 1H1 leaves with it a minute later
Are you happy now?
Edit: She is back at 14:32.. fish has been eaten (I hope she didn't lose it)
15:40 BIG fish :-)
Pesky gulls
Morning ALL and thanks for all the updates
06:04 1H1 appears on the nest for breakfish!
1H1 flies off returning @ 07:02
07:03 FISH - 33 brings her a small fish
33 flies off leaving 1H1 with her fish
07:04 off she flies with it
07:36 Maya arrives and soon joined by 1H1
Maya flies off leaving 1H1
who soon follows - ENS