March thread.
This post updated 01 June
MrsG returned on the 25th of March and was joined by Aran on the 29th.
(The beginning of the reunion video is a must-see for all fans of MrsG - I'm posting it today 01 June, to remind us of a happy time before the tragedies of May 2021.)
The month of May brought unrelenting wind, rain and corvids, as well as persistent intruder KS8 (among others) - and Aran somehow injured his right wing, rendering him unable to fish. Within a few days all the chicks had sickened and died. It could hardly have been more stressful for MrsG and Aran, but they are recovering together while the caring Glaslyn team is supplying fish each night.
(The chicks' bodies have been removed from the nest by Aran and MrsG, so we shall never know the cause of their deaths.)
In the right margin of this page are links to Glaslyn's posts documenting the misfortunes on the nest.
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Mike B said:Glaslyn went down. New Link. www.youtube.com/watch
Wasted on me, Mike
The last, brief, zoom on MrsG before the cam went down a bit later - at which time she was on the fence being hailed on:
And then Aran flew down for what lookd like a successful mating
C BGGW
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Birdies LG DU update.
Mrs. G has just been wiring into a fish on her perch. She then flew to the nest, where she is with Aran at the moment.
She is getting ready to go now
Gone
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EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Overnight they focused on the percher for a while - to the left of the nest?
Lotsa matings this morning!
Aran brought in some sticks, then he had what must have been a tiny tiddler on the perch and ate it all - I've just checked Chat, Heather said "11 minutes from arrival to tail going down" - this is the best shot of the fish!