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

Christmas is coming to Ontario

scylla said:

Christmas is coming to Ontario

Love it scylla!

Flying Squirrel with Christmas lighting but it stayed mostly shaded:

Next morning, the lights were moved from the central pole to the shrub on the right (where they were last year, they were probably deemed too glary on the pole) - this is a trick photo which took an unjustifiably long time to do, but you know how it is once you get started:

Shame, the colours of the lights don't show up in their new position, they're all white.

Female Pine Grosbeak:

Hairy Woodpecker - looked like he had a shock on his way in:

scylla said:

Wubwy wubwy Gway Jays (I don't know what came over me)

This is why I love you so much, Scylla. xxx

Unknown said:

I love you so much

Sincerely reciprocated, as you know, CC    

Boreal Ontario

Hairy Woodpecker again, male followed by female this time - he had a strong voice:

Manton Bay

The lone cormorant remains mostly alone - here, for nightime amusement, it pulled out a feather and played with it for some time, eventually setting it down carefully on the nest:

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Lowes cam is down.

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A propos of nothing, but if you see this on a miserable morning it may make you smile:

Chipmunk

Boral Ontario

Blue Jay - it tries, but it doesn't have the speed of a Woodpecker:

Ohio Backyard

Cooper's Hawk ???  I'm puffed up, ripe to be deflated  

Back to Boreal Ontario - where I've been ignoring the lovely Red Squirrel - the one without wings ;)

The female Pine Grosbeaks (with one male):

Wow, what a lot of hard work , Scylla Wonderful for us though. Thank you, thank you

Such a brave squirrel to stand the hawk!!