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

OK I'll start this off. Czech Republic jays and a red squirrel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsXWkp1_BM

  • Daisy the Pacific Black Duck on the Sea Eagles' nest

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    (I try to create a balance between not-too-long and showing details of behaviours, I'm afraid the first vid may have dwelt too long in places.)

    Not a good day - shame, because she'd had a relatively undisturbed night Slight frown

    First the Sea Eagle:

    Then a Pied Currawong created havoc - I didn't edit this much at all:

    And I forgot to include the final status of the eggs/nestcup:

  • scylla said:
    Then a Pied Currawong created havoc

    Vandal! The sea eagle looked more interested in incubating the eggs.

  • Yes, stunning grasswrens Thanks Scylla
  • I googled Grass Wrens and came up with a bird resident in Central and South America--hmmmm. Went back to Scylla's snap and noticed they are Black Grasswrens so googled that. Grass and Fairy Wrens, etc. are a large group in Australia. Found a link which says they are not actually Wrens but are the result of convergent evolution. Birds of the World says "Their closest relatives are the Honeyeaters and the Peep-wrens." See here -- carolinabirds.org/.../Maluridae.htm

    Kind regards, Ann

  • Daisy the Pacific Duck... undaunted Purple heart

    She returned in the early evening, got her nest sorted out, and spent a peaceful night until now, 07:28, when she's tending the eggs, I'll have another look in a couple of minutes.

  • Aw bless poor Daisy Duck, hope all goes well with her and the eggs?

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

  • Well done Daisy - . And thank you Scylla
  • 19 January

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    Daisy's had a really good spell.

    She may have been sleeping with one eye open, some ducks do, and who can blame her? Hugging

    No reason for this snap:

    Did she burp?

    (Just for the record.)  Late lunchtime she sorted her nest and left for her break - it's very windy so I hope that puts off any visitors:

    Lastly, for now - whose voices?  They repeated a couple of times later but life's too short - also known as "I've got lots more to do on other cams".

  • Boral Ontario

    17 January

    Tray cleaned and replenished - as per info herein, it only took 40 minutes for the Blue Jays to take all the in-shell peanuts!

    2 or 3 mini-flocks of Common Redpolls today, with all the other usual visitors in modest numbers, can't be sure if the Western Meadowlark was seen on the ground, just couldn't get a clear enough picture/shape.

    A flying Redpoll:

    Once the wire Ladybird had relinquished its contents, the Gray Jay was able to enjoy them muchly:

    The Meadowlark was definitely on the ground late afternoon.

    18 January

    Another quiet start, here was a Redpoll perched on a piece from the Ladybird:

    In fact it was a quiet day all round - the Meadowlark was on the ground late afternoon again.

    Pacific Black Duck (before I crash out)... Daisy returned @ 15:51 local time and has been sitting uneventfully ever since - which is well under 2 hours.

    G'night.

  • 18 January

    Boreal Ontario

    The first visitors, another quiet morning:

    Pacific Black Duck

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    Daisy's routine has continued uninterrupted except by her breaks, she's currently incubating peacefully.  She nearly had one alarm tho, but it came to less than nothing, I never saw where it went:

    Rescue Station Makov

    Mouse had trouble keeping its tail curled over its back: