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)
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IMAGICAT
Thank you, girls! Here's more alarmist footage from me
MrsG joined Aran on the perch and had a preen. While she was gone, #3 was down and perfectly still for quite a while, then got up but its head kept tipping slowly back, over and over again. Just for the record!
It is moving under the front of Mrs G but..... I’m starting to think that the extreme prolonged wet weather has a big part in this drama, which is probably repeated in other nests.
Update. Mrs G did not feed the chick despite it wobbling around.
This photo from around 11.30. The chick had its head up although I'm not sure if it was fed. More worrying, Aran's right wing is very droopy.
(c) Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife
Birdies LG DU update.
I'm confused...apparently I've got an old video from yesterday - no time stamp??