Great Spotted Woodpecker Feeds on Sunflower Seeds Alongside Tits and Sparrows

Feeding birds in winter is what I do for the little fellas when the snow covers the ground and these non-migratory passerines, who brighten my days with their beautiful songs, have a hard time finding their own food to survive the harsh cold months. I started feeding the birds by filling the birdhouse on a … Continue reading “Great Spotted Woodpecker Feeds on Sunflower Seeds Alongside Tits and Sparrows”

My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 12

I started Day 16 of My Adventures at the Injured Badger Hole by going through the forest in a -16 degrees Celsius cold weather. The presence of two numbers 16 is purely coincidental. Walk Through the Woods As explained in Episode 09 of the Adventures, prior to the winter’s deep freeze, I used to go … Continue reading “My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 12”

Fat Balls for Birds – Feeding Tits and Sparrows in Winter

In an earlier video I showed how I feed the non-migratory birds who live in the thujas beside my house in winter. The birds involved are mostly small perching songbirds (passerines). I have three types of Tits (Great Tits – Parus Major, Blue Tits – Cyanistes Caeruleus, and Willow Tits – Poecile Montanus) who rely … Continue reading “Fat Balls for Birds – Feeding Tits and Sparrows in Winter”

Broken Trail Camera Fixed and Reinstalled at Lower Scratchpost

It was a big disappointment when one of the better trail cameras I bought died after two weeks of use. Luckily, I was able to fix the camera and reinstalled it back at the scratchpost where it had been, but as a result, I don’t know what was happening at the scratchpost during the time … Continue reading “Broken Trail Camera Fixed and Reinstalled at Lower Scratchpost”

My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 11

The forest where I live is not all that big. It’s about 10km by 6km in size, which is not large enough for large predatory animals, like the bears, lynx or wolves. There is a more expansive forest about 30km from me, which is more than a 100km across, and that’s already large enough so … Continue reading “My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 11”

New Trail Cam Set Up at New Scratchpost – Trail Cam Fails, Scratchpost Delivers

I have already introduced one animal scratchpost. The one featured in today’s video is a different one. It’s within the same forest, but in a whole different location. It’s actually the first scratchpost I found, but the second to have installed a trail camera at. It was quite clear right from the start that this … Continue reading “New Trail Cam Set Up at New Scratchpost – Trail Cam Fails, Scratchpost Delivers”

Feeding Songbirds in Winter – Great Tits, Blue Tits and Willow Tits

Beside the house where I live, I have a hedge of thujas (Thuja Occidentalis). Thujas are evergreen coniferous shrubs, but they can also develop into tree form. Their thick foliage makes them ideal for hedgerows. The same provides an ideal environment for non-migratory passerines – birds with well developed vocal organs (for this reason they’re … Continue reading “Feeding Songbirds in Winter – Great Tits, Blue Tits and Willow Tits”

My Trail Cam at Animal Scratchpost Is Dead After Capturing Wild Boars

I own five trail cameras. Four have semi permanent locations, one I use as a floating camera which I install where I feel it’s needed the most. Sometimes it’s as a second camera at a location with another cam, other times in new interesting places I come across which suggest there could be animal activity … Continue reading “My Trail Cam at Animal Scratchpost Is Dead After Capturing Wild Boars”

My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 10

The dominant feature of Episode Ten of My Adventures at the Injured Badger Hole is a loud roar of an elusive animal. I speculate in the video that it could be a deer, as roe deer (Capreolus Capreolus) are known to bark like that, but alarm calls made by red foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) can also … Continue reading “My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 10”

My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 09

Day 13 at the injured badger hole turned out to be really nippy. With temperatures at -10 degrees Celsius and a heavy fog shrouding the area and thus blocking the sun, video recording with my palm sized Canon camera was a challenge. There’s no way to operate the camera with gloves on, and without gloves, … Continue reading “My Adventures at Injured Badger Hole – Episode 09”