28 March 2026
It is a gorgeous day on the Canadian Prairies. We went for a walk and had a nice chat with one of our neighbours who has two very cute Cavaliers. It was wonderful to feel warm! And the temperature was only +1 but the sun was shining and there was no wind.
Dear Toby saved the day today. At 7:58 he alerted me. He jumped on my head and began scratching. I knew immediately something was wrong. And yes. Don had gone out of the house – albeit with his winter coat on, one winter boot and a dress shoe – . He left the house, checked the mailbox, went to the gate, and walked towards a busy street a block and a half away. Thanks to Toby, I was able to yell at him to ‘come home’. This was the event I most worried about. The locksmith will be here on Monday but I feel as if the house is no longer safe for him. It is amazing how one thing can cause a huge ripple effect. AirTags don’t really work. I could put the GPS tracker o him and set up the satellite subscription that I had for Calico, but it is more than that. He could leave the door open and all the animals would run out including Toby. I felt like no one was safe.
There is news in Bird World. The winds coming from Africa might be changing. I understand that there still remain a large number of ospreys waiting to leave. Fingers crossed for all of them to make that long journey home safely.
Dylan arrived at Llyn Clywedog Saturday afternoon late. He looks good! And true to form he went to the reservoir and caught a huge fish dinner.
Oh, he’s handsome and he is such a good provider. His mate, Blue 5F Seren, should be arriving right away – their arrival times are normally within one day of one another.
Elen (Glaslyn nest) likes to visit the Pont Cresor nest of Z2 Aeron and Blue 014. Today she had a visitor there.
The Barneghat Light Osprey cam that is at the nest of Duke and Daisy (or a new couple now) needs to be replaced. Here is the appeal.
Tensions still at the Moorings Park over fish. Third hatch did get some at the feeding mid-day that I saw.
Cute little one at Achieva. I sure hope Jack hauls in a lot of fish….
Bell and Scout had their first hatch yesterday at the NCTC nest. Difficult to get a screen capture.
Hatch at Decorah Eagle cam and a pip in the second egg there today.
Take care everyone!
Thank you to the owners of the streaming cams and those that posted information on FB – all appreciated!
Thank you Mary Ann for all the updates!
Thanks to Toby for alerting you about your husband. 🙏. So good to know you found him in time!
Good to know Dylan has arrived!
We have a lot of ospreys still coming in and I pray Iris is one of them. ❤️🙏
Not knowing about Rosie has really been sad. I hope that when the sky filled with the ospreys and the first new female was there with Richmond that they brought a message to him. We won’t ever know I don’t guess .
We look forward to watching the new arrivals. Thanks Mary Ann and see you here soon. Have a good weekend!
Linda
Toby is amazing, Linda. He is so tuned in to what is going on.
I was very sad about Rosie, too.