'FORUM FRIENDS, WILDLIFE-FROM-WHEREVER' (Off-season, all cams off at Loch Garten)

A mass fly-off - almost!

This black squirrel has a very thin tail with very sparse 'hairs' on it - shall try to notice if they're all like that:

It may have been the black squirrel who scared the crows off:

Because a few minutes later it lunged at one! ... who didn't seem to be doing anything offensive, they'd been feeding from opposite sides of the tray :-/

I haven't seen the Mallard approach further than this tray:

ID please?  ("very small and small brown perching-like birds in Ohio" on WhatBird.com has nothing like it)

Missed out this one - "What a bright beak!":

Might this win the prize for the most colourful webcam picture?

Recke, Germany

scylla said:

ID please?  ("very small and small brown perching-like birds in Ohio"

Not sure, Scylla. Best I can come up with is a female Brown-headed Cowbird but it may be bigger than your bird. I have seen a male Brown-headed Cowbird at this feeder.

I love these shots, especially the action shots that made me smile. :-)

scylla said:

"very small and small brown perching-like birds in Ohio"

I am honored that the first thing that came to mind was "maybe too small for a cowbird" was TeeJay's thought too!

Some more stunning birds from West Texas webcam

Acorn Woodpeckers

Male and female Ladder-backed Woodpeckers

Ruby-crowned Kinglet same family as our Goldcrests and Firecrests

Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (I think)

Here's a nice story about one of the relocated sea eagles from the Isle of Wight settling with red kites in Oxfordshire

I've sent the photos of the brown bird in Scylla's post to my US expert birder friend in Alaska and will report back with her suggested ID when I hear from her.

Unknown said:

I've sent the photos of the brown bird in Scylla's post to my US expert birder friend in Alaska and will report back with her suggested ID when I hear from her.

Thank you, GardenBirder :)

The well eaten seed block was placed on the critter tray below:

See how organised I am? ;)  Next up was a pair of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos at the Sydney* White-bellied Sea Eagle nest.  There is no sound on the long-view cam.  It was rather dark, it's been lightened a bit.  A Sydney summer

This one never quite got into focus:

*I've been downloading the 2 streams (one YouTube, the other Twitch.tv, which I hadn't heard of until these people used it) to try to see how this area is faring.  I can't tell whether we're seeing clouds or smoke drifting behind the nest at night.