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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Cathy said:Steam train Scylla?
I didn't think of that, duh! I didn't stop to watch it in real time, let that be a lesson to me! Thank you, CATHY
06 August
Lovely early start but Aran might have been a bit frustrated:
A buzzard, I think, and it's too late to check Chat. It's one-sided because I wanted to include the greenery and tannery on the right.
It was a cow morning:
Back on the nest for several minutes at about 12:20:
Then MrsG to an oak, had a long preen:
Thrushes - you tell me!
Both there, and there was a fish being eaten, I haven't stopped to ascertain who by:
Aran popped to the nest twice before nightfall.
You're quite right again Scylla, a couple of Mistle Thrushes
Richard B
Unknown said:You're quite right again Scylla, a couple of Mistle Thrushes
I was very tired but made the effort to check images - and still couldn't tell if they were Mistle or Song
I may not get anything done today, so here's an image from the cam NOW:
scylla said:INTRUDER !!! Both Aran & MrsG defend.
A couple of semi-dive-bombs, the best I can do is show there was a blue Darvic:
Aran chased very briefly - take care, Aran
There's been more mantling but now I think MrsG is on the perch (but she's preening, can't see patterns) and Aran gone somewhere.