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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All pictures and videos in this thread are (link to website)
©Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife
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Kind regards, Ann
Unknown said:Regarding mystery item on the nest--someone posted on chat that they thought it was a hoof fungus. That was the first I've heard of such a thing, but in googling it, it looks to be a correct ID.
Oh thank you, GardenBirder! How gratifying that it may have been something "significant"
(But I'd never heard of it either.)
Right now, MrsG taking a break on the perch but she's almost out of shot:
Oh my, Heather has zoomed in on Aran!
©BGGW
Sandra P said:Oh my, Heather has zoomed in on Aran!
Random clips from yesterday including a tiny movie of your snap ... and a fish and MrsG and the eggs:
17 May
The only close-up of the eggs so far this morning:
HATCH !!! Looking good I'll be a while checking back...