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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Unknown said:Thanks Scylla and Sandra. You have answered my query. Pleased Glaslyn will supply until the male is capable of catching fish himself and likewise for the female until she decides to go and fish.
You're welcome, Keith.
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Birdies LG DU update.
Aran arrives to join Mrs G on the perch.
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Cam person having a look around and I think I may have seen Aran going down for a fish in the river (?) - Mrs G on the perch. Unless it's the other way round.....
Aran arriving at the perch bar & joining Mrs G
Strange behaviour of Mrs G: She left the perch & returned to the nest with a dead chick...and took off again
Aran & Mrs G cruising the sky, courtshipping?
Lonely fish on perch...and the winner takes it all:
> fearless clever crow got it, good job little guy