Spring and Summer 2012 in Finland

[Olga]

Other videos and pictures of squirrels from the last fourteen days:

1st July:
The other one of the grayish pups ( I think the first one of the two grayish pups I have seen, has somewhat darkish fur on the nose, the nose of the second grayish one is gray. Of course the colors will change by time):





A red fur pup, well it's difficult to say is it a pup or a youngster..:

[Olga]

... 1st July,

Paula Silk ear


There seems to be like small mites or something like that on the cheek?? Anyway they had gone on the next day.

[Olga]

...1st July:

Star, she happened to get the name 'Star' last summer, she had bright eyes and sympathetic outlook, she was like furry and during some days she just visited on the roof of the feeder shortly.

1st July,-Star, female


The little spot above the eye is a scar:


It can been seen here too:



2011 July:

[Olga]

...2nd July:

Paula, or Silk ear, which is her name from last summer (I could not be sure in last spring who she is b c she was gray and she had long long tassels, - she got some injury on her paw in spring time - it's alright again)







Mops, early afternoon






she could be the same female as the one from last summer we used to call Smiley! - I have thought about the thing, not 100% sure if it's true..

[Olga]

..2nd July


(?) unknown male







I am not sure if it is one I could guess or really recognize from last summer, I mean 'Lonely boy'

[Olga]

2nd July:

[macdoum]

Olga...what was the bird on that video ?( 2nd July) I looked a few times but cannot make out what it is.

[Olga]

Olga...what was the bird on that video ?( 2nd July) I looked a few times but cannot make out what it is.

Hi, macdoum

Did you mean the last video of the 2nd July?

It's a Great Spotted Woodpecker youngster. It has still red hat (beret? ). WE believe that there were born at least three WP chicks in the early summer. They still visit the feeder some times, but I have put Sun flower seeds to eat for smaller birds and for squirrels during last two weeks. They prefer nuts ( and fat)! Of course I give nuts, too, for birds, but in our store there has been a lack of 'bird nuts'.

There can be seen several chaffinch chicks, greenfinch chicks and tree sparrow chicks, too, these birds we didn't see that much here in earlier years. They come and go the whole day long, almost.


Last summer picture, August:

Young Woodpecker

[Lussi05]

Olga, I am sorry to hear about Bertha. She is very lucky to live on Squirrel Hill, with the kind lady who always hide behind the window..I hope she gets well, and comes back soon..

[Olga]

I am soo slow now..

But there is no hurry.. It has been interesting to try to recognize some squirrel individuals. It really seems that the same squirrels live here year after year.

Today I think I recognized one of the males, Lonely boy, from the video I took on the third July!

There will be quite a lot pictures of Lonely boy, if you don't mind.

Here the fresh video - at first sight I thought no, I don't know this male. But I did!


It's the same on the post from yesterday, too: '2nd July unknown'
and four pics from this video:









..if he is not the same male as on the next post I'll eat my old hat. There are some old pictures of the same individual, from 2010 an 2011:

[Olga]

Olga, I am sorry to hear about Bertha. She is very lucky to live on Squirrel Hill, with the kind lady who always hide behind the window..I hope she gets well, and comes back soon..

Thanks for interest, Lussi. I am worried about her, me too as well all squirrel friends who have seen her. I have been watching pics and videos of her from 6th July to 15th, her condition looks worse than I dared to admit.. But we will hear of her, in 13 days I'll call to the center. I do not dare to phone yet, perhaps they can't say anything for sure yet. - I'll add videos of her later in time. I want to know first how it goes..

I don't know what to say.. life goes on here, anyway...

[Olga]

..so, I recognized Lonely boy:

He is not seen too often, but I remember him. He has rather short nose, how to say, profile, and somehow an outlook, that I just can rocognize. I may have mixed him to some other male some times, especially in winters, but Baby face he is not, nor Oscar, no Bud..etc


here some old pictures from 2010 and 2011:


June 15th 2010
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..summer 2010, 2st July, his fur has turned red brown:


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July 9th 2010



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July 19th 2010


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2011

Lonely boy
May 8th, 2011:


I do not believe there are duplicate squirrels! Well, sometimes I think there are! I have been wrong!

[Olga]

The same squirrel male, Lonely boy.

Back to the year 2012!

3rd July, 2012

Lonely boy:



from the two videos of the same -not an occasional male - some pics:

[Olga]

July 3rd:

One of the pups of the summer:

[Olga]

July 3rd:

One more pup:

[Olga]

One video more from the 3rd July:

A female by the name Star







continues, 5 pics more of Star:

[Olga]

Star:

3rd July:

[Olga]

4th July videos:

a pup:

[Olga]

4th July:

Star:

I was trying to see her ear tops and an old small scar on the eye lid.

[Olga]

6th July:

Paula (Silk ear):








Her face is a bit dirty. It's not 'blood'. Squirrels do eat Blue berries! Last summer I was sure that the 'dirty' was blood, dry blood. Well, squirrels had got also injuries, even quite worrisome looking tracks. But mostly it has been made by Blue berries they like to eat as soon as they are ripe! Now is the time of blue berries, and there seems be a lot of them all around the hill forest..

There will be much more dirty mouths to see, we will see later more of them...