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.
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SheilaFE said:What a wonderful start to the day. 25's history, official confirmation of 25's mate and the brilliant vid of 33's hard work. Thank you I still hope that Maya returns any day now.
100% agree with this, Sheila. Love Bart's clever video, I've tweeted it. Also hoping Maya returns, according to Karen's arrivals chart, she's always returned first or same day. Fingers crossed..
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Bart molenaar said:This next vid in 30 seconds what he has done yesterday
I wish I'd thought of that, it would have saved a lot of eye, finger-joint and brain stress - and it's so effective, BART
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Karen W said:05:17 33 arrives
From my download, and not that it matters but you need to know I'm not ignoring this nest there were a couple of single-bird fly-ins before that, I couldn't tell who they were:
So another day 25(10) mooching around but I didn't see any fish delivery. On saying that, 33 does tend to fish early evening so still time.
More nest development today, 33 seems to have concentrated on the soft furnishings as it is looking much cosier than earlier this morning.
Day 2 nest build
Off for the night now.
Hopefully we see Maya back and reunited with 33 tomorrow. BFN
Karen W said: it must have been a pretty speedy fly in/by looking at the blurred image
Oh how could you say that, KAREN - I chose it for artistic impression
(The 2 landings I counted were both pretty brief.)
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