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

How cute are they, having a great time in that box playing together. What are they eating do you think?

Looks like they are eating or trying to eat a Maple leaf.

Yeh Ann, so it is, I had another look.

The squirrels are gradually spending less time in the box but they seem to gather at sleep time.  One of the youngsters brought in a bunch of leaves this time, had a chew and left them behind:

Young Makov deer:

There don't seem to be as many critters at the Pond as there were last year, but I haven't been studying long.

The Monarch chrysalis differs by a tiny mark near the top. For females, it is a tiny line, for males it looks more like a dot. You are correct, the male butterfly has black spots on the hind wings on a specific vein. When I was raising monarchs I would sex the chrysalises after the caterpillars turned into them. This time, since I missed the eclosing, I couldn't tell by looking at the butterfly itself. I hadn't wanted to disturb the chrysalis beforehand, but by taking a magnifier to it afterwards, I was able to tell it was a girl!

Unknown said:

How can you tell by looking at the case what the sex is?

The Rabbit and the Deer - a slow-burner but I liked it  

Lovely viewing, thanks Scylla!

Wow!  (A shortie.)

MAKOV BIRDIES

This bird moved so fast when turning to show its face, bits of it blurred:

I shouldn't honour this guy, he'd just been perfectly horrid to a Spadger:

Lovely Jay but he looks a bit bedraggled, must be raining:

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The IR is broken, therefore nightcam is black.

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Tiaki has been waving at the folks in Christchurch

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