Autumn and Winter 2011-12 in Finland

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:slap: We have got more snow for two days and nights.

Yesterday our youngster visited, alone.



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More snow? :shock:

Here today the sun was shining and people were sitting outside to have coffee or snacks! :unsure:

Good that your squirrel seem to learn the way to your feeding place from their parents already! :wave:
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Felis silvestris wrote:More snow? :shock:

Here today the sun was shining and people were sitting outside to have coffee or snacks! :unsure:

Good that your squirrel seem to learn the way to your feeding place from their parents already! :wave:


:wave: Now that the roof of our house has been cleaned from snow, we have almost a chaos in the garden, snow hills everywhere and only narrow paths to walk almost normal. Today I didn't see squirrels, but all birds were at place.
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:bounce: Nappu the happy Lapp dog (Finnish Lapp hund, Saami dog) making holes in the snow hill:



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The first squirrel today appeared at 11:00:



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The same squirrel as above:




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She stayed at the platform almost for 30 minutes:

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About at 12:00 appeared the second squirrel. I took a long video and divided it in three parts. It was funny to see how the third squirrel approached (on the the third part), decided not to climb at the feeder, and then it run through the snow castle corridor :laugh:


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the second squirrel at 12:00

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The third is coming.. :D

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And who are you there?? Is there any safe place here for me to eat some dry nuts in peace!

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There it goes!

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We made the snow castle together with Nappu. She made the first hole on the snow hill, and made the rest, a way through the hill.
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Nappu work hard and she seem to enjoy it very much :2thumbsup: (And when I see your garden she will not be unemployed for a while, you have lots of snow :shock: )
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So sweet! And there is another squirrel running in the background when the third one sits on top of the snow castle!

I saw one today near the vet clinic when I waited there.
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Hi, Nappu found an old bone at the bottom of the snow hill! It was a real treasure! :laugh:
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:nod: I see Nappu loves the snow. I was wondering,when I saw him digging,was she training to be a rescue dog. ? For avalanches. :D
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Olga wrote:She stayed at the platform almost for 30 minutes:

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Thank you Olga,you are kind,you are my best friend. :bow:

The squirrel family on Squirrel Hill are very lucky indeed. :2thumbsup:
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macdoum wrote::nod: I see Nappu loves the snow. I was wondering,when I saw him digging,was she training to be a rescue dog. ? For avalanches. :D

:rotf: I thought the same, I thought something must be buried there for Nappu!
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:thumbs: A new shelter for bird food has been made. The snow fall does not cover the seeds too fast.

Video from the 23rd February:



A video from yesterday, 24th February. There were two squirrels again:



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:D Everything was normal on Suirrel Hill.

A brave Blue tit insisted to take a nut despite of the squirrel sitting on the platform:



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Today I saw one squirrel under the seed shelter. But the video was too bad.

The Black woodpecker has been active during last days. Here is a video view of his work place, a rotten birch trunk... he has worked hard today. I didn't get the bird on the video, but here you can see how hard he worked:

Palokärjen puutyöt = the timber work of the Black Woodpecker


The birch has been dead for some years. Last summer a half of its trunk broke and fell down on the rock. But woodpeckers do like it!
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