Continued from Manton Bay – May 2024.
The history of the Manton Bay nest and stats can be found here .
The season so far: On 12 March, Maya returned 12 March @ 15:58 and Blue 33(11) on the 13 March @ 15:25. Maya laid her first egg on 30 March @ 13:58, the second on 02 April @ 13:15 and a third on 05 April @ 11:06. At 23:23 on 10 May, egg #3 after 35 days was the only one to hatch. Maya had previously removed one egg at 10:50 on 5 May and the other remains on the nest. On 15 May at 14:21 a live fish flapped, displacing the chick into the sticks at the side of the nest. Unable to get free, Rutland Officials accessed the nest and placed the chick back in the middle of the nest thankfully none the worse for its ordeal.
Around the third week in June, the chick will be ringed with its blue darvic and we will learn more about it ie its sex, measurements, weight etc. Until then, it will eat, sleep and continue to grow into a beautiful young osprey.
03:47 lovely start to the new month
06:27 Maya dishes out breakfish
07:46 Chick getting another top up
Thank you very much Karen and for the synopsis - from one month to another
Good morning Karen
Many thanks for the new thread - a wonderful resumé! (To note, the link to this thread is not working on the end of May's last page?)
Hi Sandra, I did the new thread this morning in a hurry and just hadn't done it. But all done and working fine now - thanks for the heads up.
Checking back on the day and not too much to report - the chick has been well fed, when not eating or snoozing, had a couple of little wing flaps lol
33, Maya and a snoozing chick
nice capture of Maya - she's looking in good condition
a little wing flap
and after that, a snooze
and a constant supply of fish
Morning ALL and a lovely sunrise to start the day
04:44 Sunrise
05:29 Maya takes a comfort break
07:16 A good stretch
07:17 33 approaches
Breakfish
and Maya soon starts dishing up fish
Chick looking over the side as Maya cleans up after breakfish
Today the chick is 23 days old
08:36 33 returns with the fish
and another top up