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.
! Well spotted Richard and, no pressure to Scylla or anyone but a posted 'snap' would be great. I'm just not good at rewind stuff
Richard B
I am on it, RICHARD - but have only been downloading the wide cam and I can see that we need the close one so am recording that from rollback - which will take a while.
How many times have decided to start the close cam and then got digressed?!
Thank you for the snaps
IMAGICAT
Thought I would add a few of some morning arrivals. Peregrine arrives with prey, gets disturbed, leaves but quickly returns, Crow comes to take what is left and then a pair of Egyptian Geese arrive for a bit. Pictures taken and posted from Tablet, so not the best quality.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Great snaps, CATLADY - and I yearn for your tablet skills
Well the screen-capture part didn't work that well for me, that laptop has always had a dodgy screen
EDIT - Plus, I need to figure out why there's no sound on some of it and there's blasting wind on the rest
Breakfast on the nest!
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Heather has just reported that the internet is down, and I lost the pic and 'chat' on YouTube. Sorry, wrong thread!
Geemeff said:Breakfast on the nest!
I've reported your video as spam/abuse, Geemeff l