19.augusts
Lai gan tika domats, ka Glesnija jau aizceljojusi, bet- te nu vinja ir ar saviem mazajiem...
Glesni didn't show up all day yesterday, and many people thought she had begun her migration (including me), but this morning she showed up again; Glesni on the right and Deri and Gwynant on the left. Picture by Emyr Evans of the DOP:
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The sun has just come out here on the Dyfi and look who's just landed on the larch perch next to the nest!
We didn't see her at all yesterday.
All bets are off, all hats safely stowed away.
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Deri (right) and Gwynant are now around half way between fledging and migrating - they will be here for another two weeks or so.
Their flying skills have now reached level 'excellent', although they will still not catch their own fish.
Both are now in the 'gluttony' stage of development as can be seen from last week's fish pies. Screaming constantly for food despite seemingly having plenty. There is a good reason for this.
Deri and Gwynant will eat 100% - 200% more food than they need each day for the next fortnight. Their bodies will store this as fat and they will become big overweight birds. There are two reasons for this:
1. A three thousand mile migration to Africa including a third of it over desert, so no food. They will migrate in early September.
2. For the first time in their lives, they will soon have to catch their own fish and supplies from Monty and Glesni will come to an abrupt halt. If they fail to catch a fish in the first few days (bad weather for example), the excess body fat they are now storing will serve them well.
Think not of their gluttonous food screaming as greedy petulance, but rather a hoarding strategy that could well save their lives next month.