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
Aran flew, we know not where:
Aran's departure dates - we could have a way to go!
Aran's had another fish and flown again, the cam is back on the nest from a different angle - I'm guessing they've got the other cam working since when?
A bat:
I can't glean anything from Chat, except that Heather's worked out it's the cows making the slapping noise she's been hearing.
Little visitors, no zooms so they're blurry enlargements - a GSW was so tiny on the perch that I didn't even attempt it.
2 Chaffies:
Nuthatch:
Squirrel:
And here's ARAN
Off he flew @ 13:40, but we know not where.
Just few seconds long, just for the record.
Another fish for Aran at teatime and then he flew:
Catastrophe 04:00-09:00 - Windows sidebar popped out on top of my screen capture, so no timeline version available - just as well nothing that I've noticed has req'd it.
I don't think that Aran has been seen yet today.
Heading almost straight for us (if you think this is a blur, you should have seen the original)
This was the "swarm" dangling from the end of the perch earlier this morning- the first part was supposed to show its "inception" (?!). It was there for ages but we didn't get a zoom so I cropped it, hence unclear
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