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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Someone flying by. Can you guess who?
https://ospreycam.net
Almost missed this:
At 7:32 there are a number of birds flying by, forcing one into the water and still going for it..
Who are they? What birds?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
1H1 on the nest calling 9:02 to 9:36
Then Maya at 12:43 until 12:58
Then again maya at 15:17 until 16:18!
So: 1H1 not seen after 09:36.
No fish today for either of them...
And no 33 at all on the nest.
Lynn L said:They look Osprey to me Bart?
To me too! What I see is 1 osprey (A) chased by another (B).. That osprey (A) is then forced into the water, but the chaser (B) lands in the water too. The chaser (B) then gets out of the water and attacks A, who then gets attacked by a second osprey (C). A stays in the water for a few seconds while B and C fly over it. As A tries to get out, it gets attacked again (by B or C) that repeats a few seconds later. A third time A tries to leave and then forced into the water again on the right side of the screen. when finally B and C fly by and all seems quiet again Intriguing and food for a speculative narrative :-)
18:12 33 on the nest, in defensive mode, with what sounds like Maya chirping on the cam pole
18:45 Maya with a big fish, fresh out of the water
Evening ALL and thanks for all the updates and captures also news / twitter link of 1H2
I think 1H1 has at last set off - some captures of her from earlier
09:06 Blue 1H1(22)
a close up her
09:36 - 1H1 - is this her last look around
for then she takes off
And Maya - some captures
15:52 fish calling
18:46 But left to catch her own
18:47 She takes off with her fish - is this the last we see of her now 33 is not providing for her
and Blue 33(11)
20:00 Blue 33 on the nest looking around
stays a few minutes
20:03 off he goes - is this the last we see this season of 33?
We'll see what tomorrow brings