Spring and summer in Finland 2014

[Margossa]

What a sad news.
I hope that Cocoa will be wound heal quickly. I keep my fingers crossed for him.

Thank you Olga for your videos and pictures of squirrels. I like them all.
Thank you also for videos with Goldfinch and Black Woodpecker.
Goldfinch has a beautiful colours of feathers.
I'm always waiting for your videos of Black Woodpeckers because they are very rare in my area.

[Olga]

Cocoa yesterday, on 5th April, he visited just shortly:





I happened not to see the injured side of the head.

Cocoa the Small ear before the injury which was noticed on the 4th April.

[Olga]

(While I was editing the next two videos I was wondering if the squirrel seen form the kitchen window and from the glass veranda window if it was him or not... suddeny he appeared at the feeder. There he was!! He looks rather good. You will se the third video later on - camera battery is finished.. )

Cocoa the Small ear today seen from the kitchen window in the afternoon at 16:30:

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[Olga]

6th April continues:

Mr. Cocoa the Small ear on the birch branch:

2:









Soon he jumped from the birch to the roof, walked on the other side of the house where the feeder is behind my work room window. I was editing the two first videos and there he was, little Mr. Cocoa the Small ear.

It was raining slightly, but the weather is really getting warmer at last!

[Olga]

There he is!

Mr Cocoa the Small ear was surpriced of the new place of the fat ball filled with nuts and seeds.
(..I have moved it lower).

During the first minute I could not see the right ear..

3/a

My PC stopped and shut down by heating...And the windows movie maker denied to work.. OK.
I had to calm down PC, and after that I devided the third video on five parts.. At last I managed to edit Mr. Cocoa's lunch visit.

[Olga]

Cocoa is fine:

He is a young male.
Perhaps the grownup males have teached him to not disturb their love affairs of the season??

Anyway, the wound does not seem worse than on the first day. The wound had been bleeding, that's why it looked that bad at first sight. There is little hairless area under the right ear.

3/b

[Olga]

Mr Cocoa left. He noticed me. He is a shy squirrel, brave though.
He returned soon. He might heard that I opened the window and put something new on his balcony.

3/c

On the original video I can see here that skin is clean and plain on the hairless area. The nails of squirrels are not big but they are rather thin and curved, very sharp.

[Olga]

continues, a happy Mr. Cocoa eating nuts:

3/e

space for pictures

[Olga]

The last part of Cocoa's visit today:

I think there is no reason to be worried. Mr Cocoa looks fine.

3/d

[Olga]

Mrs Mops hurried at the feeder after Mr Cocoa. She got the idea of hiding nuts on the lawn..She made the trip ar least for 20 times..

Nappu will find them! She too likes nuts!

Mrs Mops & Hiding nuts Show:

[alice44]

Mrs Mops is so cute -- she looks very pleased patting the ground and her paws after the nut is hidden.

[Margossa]

Thank you Olga for your comments, videos and pictures.
I'm happy because Cocoa looks better than in earlier videos and photos.
It seems that everything is fine with him and soon not will be trace of the wound.
Mrs. Mops is amazing when she was hiding nuts on the lawn.
This video improves mood.

[Felis silvestris]

Yes, it is good to see that Cocoa is better. It maybe was good that the wound did bleed a bit, it swept dirt which could cause blood poisoning out.

I'm seeing our three squirrels now every day and mostly they are somehow together, chasing each other up and down trees. But they are much too fast to catch them on photo, I have several empty trees and branches ...

[Olga]

Felis, yes

They are really fast if they want, here it takes one second to climb to the roof.
edit 12th. April : <-me

[Olga]

Happy Easter from Squirrel Hill!

[Manu]

Happy Easter to you too, Olga and your friends of Squirrel Hill

[Margossa]

Dear Olga
Happy Easter to you and to everyone of Squirrel Hill

[Lussi05]

I´m a little late, but I hope you ALL had a nice and peaceful easter at Squirrel Hill

It´s a relief to see that Cocoa the Small ear is fine, and jumping among the branches, just as he should

Mrs Mops & Hiding nuts Show:

This is sooo lovely!! Poor Mrs Mops, what a great idea she came up with - she is so cute where she bounces around and hiding the nuts

[Olga]

One Easter squirrel and three Easter pigeons seen from the kitchen window:




sorry the bad quality. Those pigeons and that squirrel looked just fun..

Everything is normal on the hill again.

[macdoum]

A strange nesting place for a squirrel

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-27124667

Lil squirrel must have been been nice & warm.