Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Orphaned Baby Squirrels Rescued!


The two baby Gray Squirrel Kittens were rescued last night and are doing fine! Hard to wait three hours until after dark, but the worst thing to do is separate wild babies from their mother unnecessarily. When she was a no-show at dark it was clear she was gone. The precious kittens were really quite tiny and they had buried themselves in the box litter to keep safe and warm for the night so that was a good sign. At the wildlife hospital they were cleaned up and put in an incubator and fed voraciously as you can imagine. After a couple months of  care they will be released back to the wild.
I would encourage everyone to be familiar with the nearest wildlife hospital and rescue organization in case you ever need them and also to donate generously to your local group.

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 Baby Squirrels Rescued

Baby Squirrels Calling Missing Mom - A Documentary


Precious baby Gray Squirrel Kittens are calling Mom - she has been missing for a day and I will rescue them after dark if she doesn't show up tonight These are the cutest and most precious baby squirrels you'll probably ever see in the wild. They still have no teeth are no bigger than a little mouse and have crawled to the nest box entrance. They can barely make a sound - but they are trying to call Mom!

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Baby Squirrels Crying


Friday, April 8, 2016

Cute Baby Alligators


Six cute baby American Alligators relaxing on a log in the Corkscrew Swamp - Mother Gator and another large Alligator are napping nearby - maybe Dad? Newly hatched alligators live in small groups called "pods." Eighty percent of young alligators fall victim to birds and raccoons. Other predators include bobcats, otters, snakes, large bass, and larger alligators. Females aggressively defend their young during these first few years. Crocodilians are unusual among reptiles in providing maternal care to their young. The juveniles grow about a foot a year. Maturity is reached during the sixth year.  Young alligators remain in the area where they are hatched and where they are protected by their mother. After two to three years, they leave that area in search of food, or are driven out by larger alligators.
One interesting aspect of alligator biology is that they undergo periods of dormancy when the weather is cold. They excavate a depression called a “gator hole” along a waterway and use it during dormancy.
In areas where the water level fluctuates, alligators dig themselves into hollows in the mud, which fill with water. These tunnels are often as long as 65 feet (20 m) and provide protection during extreme hot or cold weather. Many other animals also use these burrows after they are abandoned by their creators.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Baby Gray Squirrels Recorded Live in a Woodpecker Nest Box!

 Live Today - Baby Squirrels in Nest Box!


A Live feed of three fast-growing baby gray squirrels now about six weeks old living in a Woodpecker Nest Box has been broadcast daily since late October. This Youtube playlist contains the archives of these broadcasts!  Their eyes have started to open a bit at time and their fur is filling out fast and there tails are long and curly. Mom leaves them alone most of the day because it is so hot and checks in a few times and spends all night with them. If you have never seen baby squirrels in nature you are in for a rare treat. Below are a few daily snapshot of their development. Cute and funny doesn't begin to describe these little ones! Subscribe to the YouTube channel and keep up on the squirrels and all the other nature subjects that appear in this blog :
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Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box

Baby Gray Squirrels in Nest Box



Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Cute Baby Eastern Screech Owl in Tree



First Screech Owlet to leave the nest box earlier this spring is sitting high in a tree near the nest box. It is a rocking windy day, but the little guy is doing alright. The parents will continue to feed the fledglings for several weeks. 

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Cute Baby Eastern Screech Owl in Tree



Cute Baby Eastern Screech Owl in Tree



Sunday, March 22, 2015

Cute Baby Screech Owls Up Close


Extreme close-ups of the cute wild Eastern Screech Owlets in the nest box. Only one has opened its eyes and is getting much bigger than the other two. Fledging is expected around April 10th. Plenty of food for all. Have a few more bugs to get out of this camera/microphone setup - stay tuned.

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Cute Baby Screech Owl

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Six Cute Baby Red Squirrel Kittens !



Six Red Squirrel Kittens came out of the nest in early October. It is always a wild scene when they first start leaving the nest. It does not take long before they are running all over getting into trouble despite Mom's best advice. I believe I have individual videos of each of the six as well as the group in the video. 
There were five baby squirrels in October 2013 living in my Screech Owl Nest box:
This year they stayed back in the forest in a nest that I never found. Nuts are in great supply this fall making for a bonanza for squirrels and bears etc. Perhaps a bumper crop of bear cubs next spring!

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Six Cute Baby Red Squirrel Kittens

Cute Baby Red Squirrel Kittens


Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Cute Red Squirrel Kitten

Red Squirrel Kitten
Red Squirrel Kitten

One of the six Red Squirrel kitten's first day out of the nest. Still totally dependent on Mother's milk with "baby teeth". I love how their paws are so hugely out of proportion to their body.....

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Spoiled Chipping Sparrow Baby



Mother Chipping Sparrow continues to feed her newly fledged young on day three out of the nest. But one youngster remains totally dependent and is being seriously spoiled. I put a mark on the little one's butt/feet and it literally does not move one inch in over five minutes standing on a pile of seeds while mom frantically runs back and forth to feed it. It's siblings have moved on. 
Video of Day one out of the nest feeding - not much progress

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Chipping Sparrow mother and baby fledgling

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Owlbert Just Hanging Out

Video from May  6 in the late afternoon five days before fledging. Its hot and crowded in the nest box and the owlets are taking a nap. The mother has been  spending her time outside the nest box for several days now. The ever curious and resourceful Owlbert,  the second eldest has found a unique way to get some space and stay a bit cooler by hanging upside down from the perching bar over the other two owlets . A bat imitation - Brilliant!