Continued from Manton Bay – April 2024.
The history of the Manton Bay nest and stats can be found here .
2024 Season Summary: Maya, equalling her own record, was the first osprey to return back arriving on 12 March @ 15:58 and her partner, Blue 33(11) joined her on the 13 March @ 15:25. The pair quickly re-established their bond and Maya laid three eggs, the first on 30 March @ 13:58, the second on 02 April @ 13:15 and a third on 05 April @ 11:06. At 10:50 on 5 May Maya remove one egg from the nest and the pair continued to incubate the two eggs of which only one was viable (most likely the third egg) and hatched at 23:23 on 10 May. On 15 May at 14:21 a live fish was delivered to the nest displacing the chick into the sticks at the side of the nest. Unable to get free, Rutland Officials organised a rescue operation. They accessed the nest and placed the chick back in the middle of the nest and thankfully none the worse for its ordeal.
A few weeks later the unviable egg eventually broke and was removed by Maya. The chick thrived under the care and protection of its parents and on 19 June 2024 was ringed with the Blue Darvic IR0. The ringing was recorded and can be seen here and his vitals were noted as follows:
Blue IR0(24) spent the next couple of weeks strengthening his wings and on 3 July 2024 at 08:07, IRO fledged
Blue 33(11) will continue to provide for his family and IRO will explore his surroundings, building his strength and confidence for the long journey ahead when he will take off on his first migration.
08:14 Chick now being fed
catch up later - BFN
20:38 33 arrives with a large live fish for supper
fish flapping around the chick!!
Maya gets hold of it, 33 flies off
Chick gets itself up for fish
33 collects the fish leaving Maya and the chick settled down for the night
The chick really seems to have blossomed these past few days leaving the dino stage and beginning to turn into a beautiful young osprey
I love this stage of feather development in Osprey chicks, Karen, the colours are so beautiful!
Couldn't agree more Sandra - it's amazing and such a privilege to be able to watch every stage of their development
Morning ALL
04:11 soggy start to the day
04:33 Maya is eating up some fish ends and there is a large fish left over from last night
04:36 33 arrives with a fresh fish and chick is first to nibble
the first gets loose, Maya gets hold as 33 flies off and soon breakfish underway
06:45 Maya and the chick hunker down - very wet
07:29 one soggy chick
a particularly beautiful chick I think Karen
I agree Cirrus and it’s lovely to see it standing fully upright showing off it’s amazing development.
Last night the chick slept alone
23:45 Maya flew up to the campost
03:59 sound asleep
04:29 Maya comes down from the post to the nest
04:39 Sunrise
05:36 Maya has taken off and chick is up having a wing flap
one beautiful young osprey
07:08 33 arrives with a small fish
breakfish gets underway
Presently - 07:56, chick resting
Thank you Karen
you're welcome Kate