Here's one wee youngster to melt many hearts, a series of photos of a relatively new visitor to the garden
And time to go home to mummy and daddy...
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Still not able to walk far, and get the camera out, but Mrs PR is becoming a very dab hand at helping to collect and download the trailcam videos.
So apologies upfront for the massive selection, but the garden has been very active with youngsters from all regular visiting species, so I hope you will enjoy watching them as much as we did.
A fox cub foraging in the very early hours.
The magpie family breakfast time. Two parents and three juveniles.
A fox cub making the best of the last chance to forage for food before the end of the nightshift.
The juvenile crows picking away at whatever they're finding on the ground, with one parent making sure all is orderly. The other parent will most likely be on the fence, overseeing and keeping an eye out for danger.
A juvenile crow with crab apple, suddenly hopes the parent will feed it whatever the parent has....
Needless to say, the parent effectively says, get your own....
A juvenile crow with crab apple
The full crow family, two parents and three juveniles. One of the juveniles is hoping the parent will feed it, but the parent more or less says "no, get your own...."
Two juvenile crows chasing a parent for food....
Who's da boss!
Juvenile crows cautious of the grey squirrel
A fox, possibly adolescent, but not familiar with the garden, startled by the trailcam infrared lights, which will look like eyes
A fox cub foraging
A curious fox cub
A fox cub taking in the morning sounds....
Cin J
Germain said:What a busy garden - the juv. crows contemplating the grey squirrel made me laugh - I really wouldn't fancy being a corvid parent with those demanding teenager need a long lie down in a dark room
The crows are quite placid compared to the magpie family!
More garden videos.
A fox cub foraging, and something catches the young fox cubs attention...
A fox cub foraging, and something seems to startle it....
Note the black spot on the tail, that's a scent gland, which is on both male and female foxes, and can be responsible for the obnoxious smell when a dog fox urinates.
A fox cub considering exploring next doors garden.
The fox cubs are still looking like cubs, but not for much longer, they're growing fast.
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