Birbsim dressup

More screenshots of my Jurassic Park/World raptor AU characters turned into sims.

Perhaps these floating leaves will look better than covering the water surface with waterlilies...

Hmm, yes. I think it works!

Smeared lines

Also there's definitely a skull in the second photo.

Osplet hatch!

Hatching has started at nest #4 of Sääksilive Osprey nests, with the first chick hatching this morning.

Mom Nuppu brooding/incubating, dad Niilo has just brought a new stick (the placement of which Nuppu didn't seem to approve of). A little bit of both chick and one of the two still unhatched eggs peeking out from under Nuppu.

Life in and around nest

Raptor nestcam screenshots. Warning for occasional views of prey.

The two Peregrine falcon chicks at Cal Falcons are growing their juvenile plumages and starting to explore the roof their nest is on. The chicks now have names, though some of these screenshots are from before the naming contest had resolved. The older chick, a female with a yellow leg band, is Lindsay, and the younger chick, a male with a blue leg band, is Grinnell Jr.

Ahote fledges!

The first of the Bald eaglets at West End of Catalina Island has left the nest! And it's the youngest of the clutch!

Ahote on the left with his older siblings Kana'kini (middle) and Sky not long before the fledge. The older two are 12 weeks old, Ahote turns 12 weeks tomorrow.

Just little JWE things

Oh to be a Baryonyx eating fish in a puddle in the rain with your friend.

A proper greeting for the newcomer in the Ceratosaurus enclosure.

"Oh, were you having a conversation? Don't mind me just walking right through your group." Alternatively, it looks like the Paras being very curious about and inspecting the Diplodocus together.

I'm getting better at the terrain tools, but this path is still a disgrace. At least that fence isn't electrified or have a carnivore on the other side (it's ceratopsians, though, which also doesn't sound very safe to fall onto).

Old Trike comforting a newer addition to the herd, I like to think. The scary, loud helicopter is only there for a moment and will soon go away, she's seen this enough times to know.

Return to nest

Eaglet Spirit at the Big Bear Bald eagle nest fledged yesterday morning, and has now returned safely in the afternoon. (Warning for visible fish prey, and also a bug later in the post.)

Dad Shadow brings a fish to the nest.

No one's present to claim the delivery, so he starts eating. Soon from a distance comes the sound of some very demanding squees. :)