Puchinpappy's videos

The sparrows were enjoying an autumn bath with lots of splashing.

The flakes of snow were huge just before I recorded this Spring snowfall in our backyard.

For the still photograph of this hard working lady: Working Hard Delivering an Egg Sac

Working Hard Delivering an Egg Sac

People don't believe me when I say it snowed on us in Venice. It had calmed down by the time we checked into our hotel and went out for a walk. The bridges over the canals were very slippery and they were salted to prevent people from slipping and falling.

The goats in Corsica generally walk on the correct side of the road. Since we were in a rental car we hoped that they would be polite and they were. This was a surprise to us for in Canada the domestic animals are fenced in. We faced about a kilometer, or maybe more, of these guys coming the other direction. One of the many joys and surprises in visiting Corse.

Merlin gets discharged from the rehabilitation center after a month of recuperation. We took him back where we found him as a juvenile. The volunteers at the center said that the parents will find him and teach him to hunt. We did not receive so much as a thank you from the bird. A video of his physical exam: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752109/in/album/686033 A still from his exam: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752063/in/album/686033

This little Merlin is being examined after I found him unable to fly in what I suppose was a collision with a plate glass window. They took good care of him and after he lost his baby feathers, he was released back to his parents. To see a still from this event: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752063 To see him released back into the wild: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752171

For those of you who enjoyed the still of the migrating Sandhill Cranes, here is a video I cobbled together of the same event. If you listen carefully past the wind noise, you will hear the cranes calling. I shot a still of this event located at www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33490147