A Brief History about the Manton Bay Nest and Stats:
The nest was first occupied by White 08(97) and Green 5N(04) in 2007 who successfully raised 2 chicks. They paired up again in 2008 but the nest failed. In 2009 Green 5R(04) made his claim on the nest attracting an unringed female with a distinctive “X” on her head however she soon left settling at another nest. Green 5R(04) returned in 2010. He was joined by the same unringed female who was soon nicknamed Mrs 5R and over the next 4 years the pair successfully 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 ousted 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 paired up each year and to date have successfully raised 27 chicks.
All captures and videos in this thread are © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
Good morning Karen, another intruder?!! What a popular nest. Maya certainly knows how to deal with them!
She certainly can look after herself Glider.
10:06 Fish
and off Maya goes with it
10:56 33 keeps watch while Maya enjoys her fish
10:58 Maya returns, no fish and cleans her beak
Second fish of the day
18:30 33 with a large headless fish
Maya moves in to take it
and off she goes with it
33 cleans his beak,
then a scrape
and a quick tidy up
before taking off to roost for the night
Morning ALL - all looking fine and a more peaceful start to the day. 33 continues to arrive on the nest early around 5am then joined by Maya.
15:10 Fish
off she goes with it
15:46 Fish - 33 arrives with a large, headless fish
off Maya goes with it
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Thanks for all the updates, KAREN - please do reach out (as they say you-know-where) if you need more contributions - I'm a bit overwhelmed due to ongoing internal network probs and 14 downloading streams - few of which I'm doing anything whatsoever with !!! !!! !!!
IMAGICAT
Thanks Scylla - I will do
16:16 Maya returns, no fish.
Cleans her beak. Hopefully she's had a good meal before dropping the fish
33 soon flies off
and Maya follows
ENS - and its beginning to look really cosy
17:04 33 arrives with a fish
17:05 Maya joins him
Maya edges forward but 33 takes off with the fish
Where has this fish come from?
Maya definitely returned @ 16:16 empty taloned.
Has 33 caught another fish and eaten again or is it the previous one and he's picked it up from somewhere or I have missed a change over? Or another possibility is that maybe I'm losing the plot!!
Karen said:Where has this fish come from? Maya definitely returned @ 16:16 empty taloned. Has 33 caught another fish and eaten again or is it the previous one and he's picked it up from somewhere or I have missed a change over? Or another possibility is that maybe I'm losing the plot!!
Maya flew off fishless @ 16:17, Blu33 pottered and flew off, also fishless, @ 16:25.
I have checked almost second-by-second and there was no further cam activity until Blue33 turned up with the fish you snapped 17:04 and flew off with it 17:06, so you have not lost the plot (((Karen))) - and perish the thought, anyway