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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Birdies LG DU update.
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Mike B said:Cam now back up
I've only just thought about it
An incompetent scroll thru rollback found me the Grey Heron and what ought to be (if known form is anything to go by) a Little Egret - but it's too small to tell, and it didn't stretch its neck.
05 January
Not a lot. Rain. Clouds. Sun.
I think I saw the Great Egret fly off from the river bank, and now I've forgotten the other...
Lots of Chat history but mostly focused on companionable chit-chat or non-Glaslyn wildlife, I couldn't pick out any reference to these two birds scuttling around feeding, about to fly off in unison, maybe Buzz had loomed into consciousness:
06 January
I was just checking Chat, just in case of spectacular incidents reported - thought that those of us (not me) who visit Glaslyn, this might be of interest:
Kind regards, Ann
Unknown said:your captures are like Spring
Not today tho, it's been miserable - but it is winter, after all.
Some ducky waterfowl:
Henceforth this view shall be knows as "beyond the bridge" - it's where the egret took off yesterday.
I know this was not a swan because it didn't have to run a mile to take off
Another wet, misty day, but here's a liittle vid with a nice conclusion:
Egret:
No IDs necessary