LOCH GARTEN 2024 - May to end of season

ok ok  - I really didn't know about all the hassles of messing about with wild life cams .  But why  should I ? everyone else is the expert here, especially you Scylla dear. The most I do is grab a snap via greenshot. Sigh. Anyway, I'n so glad you're back 'online' and thanks for this latest Chaffie that had the  misfortune to get the perch sticking out of its head.

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02 October

It's dawned on me that I'm only doing these rather routine videos because, at last, I've mastered syncing the sound on the PTZ (famous last words!). 

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Incidentally, a couple of days ago I thought my software was broken because everything seized up when I tried to extract sound - eventually I realised it was because there was no sound on the nest cam that day, and I upset 2 different softwares by asking them to find it.

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This Buzzard (ID'd thanks to VALERIE on Chat) was only seen distantly, ultra-camouflaged when perched, I therefore ditched the video I spent hours on:

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Incidentally #2 - despite your plea for a larger font in the typing panel, CATLADY, which I seconded at the time, nothing was done about it - I can hardly see for looking and have to correct even more typos and missing letters after posting.

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Forgot to check the date - this is a recent video posted on LG Abernethy Facebook - I couldn't download it (forgot how I used to do it) so had to screen-capture it... illegally no doubt, so I've made it Unlisted - I know you'll think it's worth it cos it has sound:

SPECIAL LITTLE FACEBOOK VIDEO >>>

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Typical Scylla, nowt happened and like before we have been left in the dark with no further updates or help, nothing new there!!

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Honestly, yer all ORFUL!  Please watch the little video above, it's only a shortie, one of those repeaters, but you'll like it cos it's got sound which we don't normally hear.

Here are zoomed Chaffies from the 6th:

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Aww, those poor Chaffies have been waiting for 2 days while I faffed 'n faffed with GSWs and ended up discarding them.

scylla said:

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What a lovely sound, very special ... thanks Scylla

What a big sound from a wee bird and a special one at that, thanks Scylla

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Problems, problems!  Quote an online expert: "With their nasal hairs intact, first-year rooks look something like a crow/raven hybrid. Although bill shape is, I think, the best tell, one other field marker to look for are their notoriously shaggy “pants” (belly and leg feathers) in contrast to crows and ravens."

I've sent it off to our CLARE!

So I'm calling this a Rooven

Also, I'm not sure whether the squitter sound came from the head or rear end - did it create the sound effect to show off?

EDIT - Clare responded with "young Rook" probably.

A bit later we had GSW - Chaffies and a Mistle Thrush were there too but not prominent enough.

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08 October

Definitely Ravens.  It wasn't till towards the end that I realised I had to get sound:

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A short clip of the "brace" ??? on the old nest tree:

.10 October

The Mistle Thrush has been around frequently but not posing nicely or zoomed upon - until this briefly - as usual it was bossing the little birds and kinda nestorising:

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Snow out there - early afternoon view:

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In the afternoon a GSW put on a great display on the nestcam lens but the sound had gone again - also, lots of pauses in the stream.  I keep forgetting to mention that that cam's been going down quite frequently.  Lots of little birdies too, but late afternoon it rained heavily.

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11 October

It bucketed down overnight and into this morning.  Only a pair of Great Tits and Coal or Great Tit seen so far.

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You have been busy with tye videos and pictures, thanks Scylla, always keeping us up to date.