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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IMAGICAT
Little flies on the egg can make it look as tho there's a moving crack developing, but I'm pretty sure there's no sign of pip:
Looks like the YT resolution may need checking:
MrsG is so protective, egg #3 has had little exposure - here, some grass was mimicking a crack.
EDIT - and after seeing it this size and "improved", I wonder if there's anything over on the left side?
04:39:
Aran landed on MrsG's tail @ 05:16 and just stood by for a while:
He just had a slowish flap and is now standing over MrsG,..
I'm wondering if there's someone around? He's flown.
I saw a flap here @ 06:23:
No views of egg since, and now MrsG has had to hunker down due to more rain:
The last egg peek before I pack up (probably) was 07:23:
Hatch #3
JaneV said:Come on Aran a fish is needed.
Quite! MrsG has been beside herself - but there may have been an intruder around... after giving chase Aran returned to the perch instead of going fishing - he's since left but I can't delay for yet another add-on. Plenty osplet close-ups