Saturday's Critters

 It's been a busy spot! We've King Charles IV (8-point), Prince William (6-point), Prince Harry (2-point), and now King Frederick, who is a 12-point buck. They will lose their antlers this month or next, and we'll only be able to tell them apart from their behaviour.

On the front deck, I've been bird watching. The cardinal keeps going after the bird in the window. Jan. 19th there were three males, and one female. Our mated pair have been around all summer.

Wingscapes from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Down I went to the cedar corridor to fetch SD Cards. It required snowshoes! I had just fallen, having tripped in the snow, with the ice crust on top, and picked myself back up, laughing so hard.

snowshoeing from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Fuzzy Fawn came by, as well as a buck.

 

Cedar corridor action from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

They really are beautiful critters, coyotes.

Coyote Jan 12 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The fisher was on two trailcams! 

  

Fisher Jan. 12 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Yes, rutting season is over. The fights are for practice, and for Frederick to show them who is boss. Frederick pushed Charles all along from behind the shed to where I could see them. I was filming them from the kitchen window, so I added some background music! 

buck play fight from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Batman, Felix, Buster's progress, plus Frederick, tree frog

Batman now jumps on his perch

Getting up at the crack of dawn to feed Batman (not Robin), is wearing on a middle-aged woman!

There is a reason we don't have babies in middle age. I'm exhausted.

Walkies yesterday

In addition to my foot issue, I have a pinched nerve in my neck.

However,
Batman is doing well.
Yesterday I took him out onto the lawn. He nipped at the grass, eyed (1-eye!) the bugs, but wasn't inclined to pick them up.

Leaping, landing, still not feeding himself. Crikey.

The kittens went out for walkies, too. They loved the shade of the tree. Black cats get pretty hot in the sun.

They roared up a small tree, and back down again, 3 or 4 times.

Indoors, they scream up and down the hallway, feigning outer bigness, being black cats.

Then konk out on the couch.

 I made a baby gate. Mostly for our grandbaby, who likes to give us heart attacks, peering over the top edge of the stairs.

Baby gate from scrounged materials!

Also, it gave Sady a chance to escape the kittens.

Can you see him?

Frederick, the tree frog (#2), is doing well. He sits under the lip of the planter by day, comes out at night to sing for his supper.