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Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 20th, 2015, 5:37 pm
by Felis silvestris
Over here spring has already arrived a while back, I hope in Finland it did too. Time for a new chapter in the great Squirrel Saga

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for Olga with spring greetings from Bavaria

Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 20th, 2015, 9:45 pm
by Olga
Oh, it's spring! Thanks Felis!

Paula yesterday:

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I can't understand why the video is that blurred. The original is much better..

Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 20th, 2015, 9:49 pm
by Olga
Charley today:





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I bought hazel nuts for squi rrels. The pot was empty in four hours :laugh:

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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 21st, 2015, 10:24 pm
by Olga
It was a windy day today, but Charley was there enjoying the hazel nuts:


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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 23rd, 2015, 9:12 pm
by Olga
Olga wrote:It was a windy day today, but Charley was there enjoying the hazel nuts:


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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 23rd, 2015, 9:28 pm
by Olga
Yesterday the 22nd March:

It's Mrs Mops, I think. A female anyway, but not Paula!



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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 23rd, 2015, 9:32 pm
by Olga
It is Mr Spock, but I'm not sure. It's a male, and the tassels are very long. hm.. :puzzled: but the guy looks like 'thin'... not fat, slim! And his face is .. how to say.. is it normal to say: 'narrow face'? Rat face? I have nothing against rats! :D ..long profile, sharp nose.. my English!! :blush:



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continues, the same squirrel begun to take the hazel nuts:

Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 23rd, 2015, 9:34 pm
by Olga
Mr Spock (it's a guess):

He hurried back and forth to take all the hazer nuts to a better place:
He was fast, but I managed the get some of the moments in the following video:
It was fun to see how the squirrel looked like little robber. The nuts were for him! For him too, of course.


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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 24th, 2015, 2:49 pm
by Olga
:shake: Nanu on his 16th Birthday:

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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 24th, 2015, 8:27 pm
by Olga
In the morning sunshine



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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 10:00 am
by alice44
Nanu is very handsome and he certainly seems to be enjoying his treat.



Narrow face, rat face, long profile, pointy nose -- all seem fine and very descriptive.

Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 6:00 pm
by Olga
Ok, alice, and thanks!

Today was a very cold day. The morning looked normal, but then, in one hour the ground was white again:

Sudden snow fall on Squirrel hill in a spring afternoon:

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Several squirrels have been visiting. I guess they were hungry and were not able to find all those nuts they have put in the lawn, in the ground hole, soil.


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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 6:09 pm
by Olga
The first visitor in the morning today, the 25th March:



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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 6:15 pm
by Olga
The next one, also red tailed one, but more bright red, perhaps..
the first snow flakes are falling..



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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 6:28 pm
by Olga
The next one was Charley, the devoted visitor for some years now..


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Immediately after him came :puzzled: ... I can't say who exactly, but a good looking fellow :D

Charley was still close, he was jumping on the branch top:




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The nice looking bud took a big nut anf left:

Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 6:34 pm
by Olga
When I looked out of window a bit later, the ground was white!



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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 6:47 pm
by Olga
So, there was a heavy snow fall. I put an umbrella hanging from the apple tree to keep the new sun flower seeds not to be buried in the snow.



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The snow fall almost stopped and the red tailed morning visitor was back, can't say for sure:
Anyway, it's an afternoon visitor!



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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 6:56 pm
by Olga
Then appeared the one we saw yesterday, with very long tassels, but the battery was empty.

The last squirrel I caught today on video:
It's Mr Spock. His tassels are not short either :D



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Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 25th, 2015, 11:29 pm
by spatz
I love your photos and videos, many thanks for that. For me, the time is not much going on at neighbor's construction site with excavator and it will be some time remain so.

Re: Spring and Summer in Finland 2015

Posted: March 26th, 2015, 12:26 am
by alice44
The squirrels are also cute and I love the umbrella idea -- perfect.