Sunday, September 5, 2021

Eaglets getting spotty

The Sydney White-bellied Sea-eaglets are growing their dark juvenile plumage feather dot by feather dot, and are little by little leaving behind their baby floofiness. Both chicks have been eating well and getting along. Here's a bunch of cute screenshots of them from the past few days (includes views of prey, no sibling rivalry).

SE28 preening, older sibling SE27 resting. SE28 is a month old on this day!

Friday, September 3, 2021

End of a season

Empty nest #3 at Satakunta osprey cam this morning, with some prettily reflecting raindrops.

It seems migration has started for both of the remaining residents, Ahti and his fledgling Myy. Ahti was last seen on August 31st bringing Myy a fish, and Myy was seen yesterday by herself, but she hasn't shown up today. Safe travels to both, hoping to see Ahti and Nuppu again in the spring, and I hope Myy, and SRS from nest #1, fare well at figuring out life on ther own, on the way to and during their juvenile years in Africa.

Here are some screenshots I took of Ahti and Myy before they left, and of some other birds that have stopped by at both nests.

Limb and tail replacements

Making new extremities to complete the sculpting on the JP "cyclops" raptor figure I'm repairing and customizing into my OC Beetlebiter. I've already made him a new face.

 

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Show me your smile

Continuing to give this JP "cyclops" raptor figure a new face. I've made new parts to replace his chewed off snout and chin, and attached them, but as may be apparent, he still needs some work.

I glued in the tongue next after attaching the snout and chin, while I could still fit tools into the mouth. None of the colour gradients on the mouth parts will probably be very visible by the end, but oh well, it was fun to make them, and maybe I'll reuse the idea for a bigger figure or one with its mouth open wider.

Monday, August 30, 2021

Tentative friendliness

Seaglets SE28 (younger, back) and SE27 (older, front) at Sydney White-bellied Sea-eagle cam got along well today. Here are some cute screenshots of that (includes views of prey).

Breakfast guest

A little friend showed up on the outside surface of the kitchen window to warm up for the day while I did the same.

(It's a wasp, so warning for a closeup of one of those.)