The first nest discovered in the sanctuary (nest was confirmed 21st December 2021) was not far from the temporary-release aviaries. It received regular nest watches. Male was GP-S (green pink silver) and female S-RP (silver red pink). A few weeks after nest confirmation (during what should have been the incubation period) it appeared the nest had become inactive. No activity recorded on 12th January 2022. Another watch the following day confirmed the nest had failed (for unknown reasons).
Shortly after this (18th January) GP-S was seen with a new mate (S-BW) at a new nest site (the third nest found in the sanctuary), so it was presumed that something had likely happened to his first mate S-RP (taken by a falcon, or perhaps she became unwell) thereby ending the nest and her partnership with GP-S.
But, I was at the aviary watching the feeders today (27th April), and guess who turned up? You got it, S-RP!
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She was looking a bit bedraggled, and wherever she'd been she seemed to have had a hard time. It was good to see her back though, and to know that whatever went wrong with her nest it was not terminal for her. We officially named her Phoenix.
There's a footnote to this story. GP-S's nest with S-BW fledged in early April. We don't know what subsequently happened to S-BW (perhaps she'll turn up again one day), but GP-S was subsequently seen regularly with his old flame S-RP (Phoenix) from about June. It was clear they were back together again. Clearly whatever went wrong there were no grudges held, he was probably happy to see her again like we (the humans) were.
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