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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©Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife
IMAGICAT
19:08 Aran eating on the side of the nest. I noticed how his right wing feathers appeared 'longer' than his left.
He then flapped/stretched his wings and both sides looked relatively uniform in length once he'd done that.
His right wing soon went back to how it was before as he carried on feeding
19:22
©BGGW
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Reading back on chat, a couple of people have mentioned a concern over one of the bobs (#2), it didn't appear to be 'quite right' during the 18:00 feed and it didn't eat anything either. Hope it is ok.
I scrolled back and saw that (through lots buffering) #2 appeared to be stumbling and perhaps (really unsure here) trying to dislodge something from it's throat???
Richard B