Your ratings mean nothing to me now, muhahaha

Liking the morning and evening lighting with the day/night cycle enabled, especially in the guest area I made for my first sandbox park.

I wasn't too fond of Isla Muerta during the campaign because of the perpetual sunset, which made it harder to see the dinos well, so I chose that island for my first to give a second go to with more control over the settings.

So far there's a big enclosure at one end of the buildable space, with a single road and the monorail between that and the area for the guests to shop and dine at in the middle near the entrance (and two hotels with beautiful ocean view, not that they appreciate that, but with nothing to unlock I now have no reason to care if the customer AI likes parks I like building), and a couple of viewing buildings and a bathroom being all that the guests get this close to the dinos. Don't stress them out with too much noise and weird smells from restaurants and such is what I had in mind. I put a pair of Mamenchisaurus there first, and then decided to populate it entirely with the Shaximiao Formation species available in the game (not all pictured).

All herbivores, maybe the other end of the island will have carnivores.

My Huayangosaurus herd: ladies Pepper, Paprika, Pickles, and Pumpkin.

Sprungeth

Many Thursday birthdays

Eaglet Spirit at the Big Bear Bald eagle nest has been perching on the nest rail and a branch next to the camera a lot, giving us many lovely closeups. Spirit turns nine weeks old today.

Fish delivery claims at West End

Screenshots from the West End of Catalina Island Bald eagle nestcam. The three eaglets are seven weeks old, with the oldest turning eight weeks today, and are all able to eat independently now. A lot of the food deliveries from parents are now just dropping off a prey for the chicks to bicker over and figure out on their own what to do with it.

The middle-hatched eaglet, Sky (previously known as WE2, and also known as 23/D by his leg band ID). Looking photogenic a few seconds before he somewhat less photogenically coughed up a pellet still on closeup.

Sky, Ahote, Kana'kini. The three watchful guardians of incoming snacks.

Navigating the nest cup

Screenshots from the Cornell Red-tailed hawk nestcam. The four chicks are 11, 9, 8, and 4 days old, respectively. Warning for close views of bloody prey.

Breakfast. The youngest chick L4 on the left is in good position for this meal and gets plenty to eat.

A snugglepile of baby buzzards. L4 in the middle at the front, the older sibling on the right might be L1? I definitely can't tell L2 and L3 apart even when they're all seen clearly, since having only a day's age difference they're so close in size, too. But the main thing is all four are eating, growing, and thriving.

Rainbow fishchickens (affectionate, with an asterisk)

They're so colourful!

Names for the West End eagle triplets

A few screenshots from the West End of Catalina Island Bald eagle nestcam. The three eaglets have been doing well, and after banding and later names given by Institute for Wildlife Studies donors, now have many things to call them.