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

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A few seconds of Carolina Wren:

Makov

Spadgers for WENDY:

First time I've seen a Magpie, it didn't stay long, it picked at one of the fatty(?) lumps that appeared at the last refill:

Thank you Scylla, wish I had tree spadgers visiting my feeder!

Beautiful capture of the Carolina Wren! You have become a birding expert! And as for "spadgers", that's the first time I have heard of house sparrows referred to as such. All I have are spadgers at my feeder!!!

In South Island New Zealand, albatross OGK shows off his egg

(c) Cornell/DOC

Presumably this young man is a friend of Loch Garten.

Oh, I just adore the basket full of sparrows - just wonderful. Lovely 'long tailed' wren - that was a good view. Thanks Scylla.

What a splendid chap, Korky - excellent egg too. Thank you for the link

HDonTap have Eastern Screech Owl cams in Grapevine, Texas.  This video is ruthlessly chopped together from 3+ hours I downloaded but I don't think I'll be able to continue with it because it's a strange stream, like them damn Google Nest cams are.

The cam really needs a bit more space to be able to show the whole bird in all positions.

scylla said:

HDonTap have Eastern Screech Owl cams in Grapevine, Texas.

The partnership is Lily and Leo, but the latter hasn't shown up since early-mid November.  I doubt I'll do any more.

Lily is, unusually for this region, a rufous EASO, Leo is more grey.

scylla said:

The partnership is Lily and Leo, but the latter hasn't shown up since early-mid November. 

Great video thanks scylla. i've never seen an Eastern Screech Owl.

Lily looks a  bit lonely. I hope she finds a new mate

Oh, Lily is so beautiful ! lovely colours and despite your protestations Scylla you've done an admiral job . So well done you ! The B/W portrait is stunning!