Brief history of Manton Bay:
The nest was first occupied by White 08(97) and Green 5N(04) in 2007 who raised 2 chicks. In 2008 they paired again but the nest failed and in 2009 it was unused. In 2010 a new pair, Green 5R(04) and an unringed female nicknamed Mrs 5R, took up residence and over the next four years raised 11 chicks. Green 5R(04) failed to return in 2014 and Mrs 5R paired with a new mate, Blue 28(10) and laid 3 eggs. Blue 33(11) arrived determined to claim this nest and evicted Blue 28(10). Blue 33(11) kicked out the eggs and spent the remainder of the season bonding with Mrs 5R who was then officially named “Maya”. Since 2015, Maya and Blue 33(11) have returned reuniting their partnership and to date have successfully raised 23 chicks.
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Here’s wishing Maya and Blue 33(11) a safe journey home and for another successful season.
Unwelcome sign of things to come on one of the lenses (just a few seconds long):
IMAGICAT
He landed a couple of minutes ago:
He's just standing wondering what to do next now.
B33 has been very busy bringing sticks, I thought I'd do a video of each fly-in - to keep it short... however, it's never-ending
Morning ALL and thanks for all the updates
06:04 The nest as is before 33 makes a start
06:05 33 arrives with a twig - he is making a start
06:12 another stick
back and forth as no doubt we will see many sticks arriving today
6.30 a wee rest
be interesting to see how the nest looks in a few days
These 39 clips go as far as when Blue33 takes a little rest up on the perch - but he's still at it as I type !!!
Karen W said:be interesting to see how the nest looks in a few days
lol Scylla - we see the dent !!
And what a difference in just a couple of hours!!
33 has become an expert nest builder.
08:39 More sticks coming in
and a scrape
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Karen
Caught him up to his old tricks, pole vaulting in with big long sticks LOL
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Great collection, Scylla--thanks. In his first year at Manton Bay, after evicting his brother and kicking out the eggs which would have been his nieces and nephews, 33 spent the entire summer bringing in sticks. By the end of the summer the nest was at least twice as high as it was at the beginning of the season. And he did a bit of fishing, too, in between stick fetching trips--Maya gets what she wants!
Edit: Sorry, got distracted, thanks, too, Karen, Mary, everyone, for captures and comments posted since Scylla's video, He certainly is entertaining!
Kind regards, Ann
No not Maya! 11.54 Blue 33 returns with Blue 25 right behind. She stays for a few minutes then flies off, he also departs. Blue 25 then returns about 15 minutes later!
https://youtu.be/_-g2MmwH9qY