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

Just now @ Makov pond

I couldn't match the frame to the bill colour, not no-how, so had to resort to b/w.

Lovely capture of the swans Scylla. I was as miffed as the rabbit and chipmunks with the deer scoffing the lot of seed and you took the words out of my mouth Scylla ''At last''

Not European bird related but we do see a lot of Bllue Jays at the Ohio feeders so I can't resist showing you this affectionate and informative video that YT just pointed me to:

OH, super super video. Thanks Scylla

Ohio backyard feeders

Yesterday was very rainy but the Raccoons were out in force - FOUR here:

I was in the midst of snapping a very nice threesome when Intel suggested a graphics driver update, so I went ahead with it and it turned off my display permanently... had to reboot in the end, lost ongoing downloads and lost my way too.

Today the trays didn't get filled all day until late evening  ... some lovely biscuits were chucked in on top - they didn't last long: 

If it wouldn't take so long, I'd love to do you an FF of the melee going on last night between Raccoons and Skunk (with a poor little Opossum not getting a look-in).  The Raccoons are often quite aggressive, so it was "good" to see one getting some of its own medicine:

Back to Chipmunks...

A mod on the Ohio YT Chat said:

Here was a well-stuff one at dusk:

Talk about storing food!!

An Osprey rescue story - female with chicks had been attacked by an eagle:

scylla said:

An Osprey rescue story - female with chicks had been attacked by an eagle:

Great story! Reminded me of 2010 at Loch of the Lowes when Green 7Y fed the chicks when Lady was so ill

On well, that was a tear jerker for me, to say the least. Thanks Scylla.