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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Hedgehog? BETTY CANADA

Octopus? BETTY CANADA

Something from a horror movie? Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

Lower part of waterfall at gorge near Lake Placid, New York BETTY CANADA

Walkway by the gorge near Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

We are waiting for a website page from the Hotel that the Northern Light webcam is coming from. As soon as we have it we will put the webcam on. It wont be much longer. There is not a lot to see on the webcam other than a large open plain with mountains in the very far distance. But we are getting a very good picture from Iceland.

I don’t know if Tawney Owl will show itself tonight. It was perched on top of the Barn Owl
aviary last night. When I moved the webam onto the aviary after the Badger had had their feed it was perched looking into the the aviary. The Barn Owl were as surprised as the Tawney was of having the intruders on its patch.

This years Badger Cubs are waiting every night for their food to arrive. They seem to be a lot braver than those of earlier years. I going to have to stop them as they are even coming very close to me when I am putting the food down. We need to stop them believing that humans are friendly or they will get themselves into trouble.

The work around the Lake to stop the erosion is nearly finished. Because of the wet, work had to stop as the machinery was making a mess of the ground and walking around the Lake was uncomfortable.

The injured Swan is still having treatment at the sanctuary. It looks as if she will be there for quite a long time before she is fully recovered.

We still have not managed to make our hay. The damp ground is making the hay take a long time to dry. The cold nights are leaving a lot of dew on the drying hay in the morning, so that needs to dry off as well as the moisture in the grass. On checking it this afternoon it may be ready to bale tomorrow.

Thornton is still wanting to be a Sheep. When we see him with the other Sheep we give them some feed. The Dogs always go and see him and make a fuss of him as if they have missed him. When the other Sheep start to move away Thornton seems to be torn to what way to go. He looks at us then the Sheep, then looks again and some time again not knowing what way to go, finally he follows the Sheep. We are not sure if being a Sheep is going to be permanent. The weather is very good so he may decide that being a Sheep is not to good when it starts raining.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Lake Placid New York, wouldn’t it be nice to have a cottage like that, OK if you have 3 million dollars BETTY CANADA

Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

Hand Made flower quilt at Shelburne museum, Burlington Vermont. BETTY CANADA

We have been wanting to do a Barn Owl release at Denbury since our first relationship with the Barn Owl Trust three years ago. The release shows another part of what the Trust does for the welfare of the Barn Owls. We didn’t think that it was going to happen this year, with the good weather that we had a the beginning of the Summer no Owlets that had fallen from their nest had been found and handed to the Trust. Then we had the wet spell and a number of orphaned Owlet were found and handed in to the Trust.

In the majority of cases the Owls are released in the areas that they are found. Of course this is not always possible and release sites have to be found. This year a pair are being released at Denbury.

In the seventeen years we have been at the Farm we have never seen a Barn Owl so Denbury is a good location. We have allowed a number of areas close to the Farm Yard to grow rough. The Badger Field being one where the Mobile Aviary is sited. The rough grass allows Mice, Voles and Rats to breed so there is a plentiful source of food in the Badger Field for the Barn Owls. There is another Field within a couple of hundred metres that is rough parkland and various other places very close by.

The mobile aviary is positioned close to the highest place in the Badger Field so that the Barn Owls are able to get the best possible panoramic views of the surrounding fields, farmland and buildings. They will be kept in the mobile aviary for about two weeks so that they are able to get use to the area and noises. In that two weeks we will be feed and water the Owls. The feed we put in last night had been eaten by this morning so they had found the food. After about two weeks the roof will be raised to allow the Owls freedom. They should return to the Aviary for a short period before taking the final journey to freedom. We would like to think that the Barn Owls will choose Denbury as their home. The chance of that is very remote, but the release will hopefully allow us to see Barn Owls over the coming years.

I have fitted an infra-red lamp in the area of the aviary, as long as it is working you should see the Owls on the perches in the aviary. I will put it on after the Badgers have eaten.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Sorry Janette I forgot to let people know that last night photographs were from you.

My Orchid indoors, 2nd flowering July 09 BETTY CANADA

Roundhouse, Shelburne Museum, Burlington Vermont BETTY CANADA

Paddle steamer at Shelburne Museum, Burlington, Vermont BETTY CANADA

Covered bridge at Shelburne Museum, Burlington Vermont BETTY CANADA

Hand made quilt at Shelburne museum, Burlinton Vermont BETTY CANADA

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Trilliums near us, also come in claret red but hard to find. BETTY CANADA

Mapp the computer cat, named after Mapp and Lucia BETTY CANADA

Poppy in my garden BETTY CANADA

Peony in my garden June 09 BETTY CANADA

Japanese peony in my garden May 09 BETTY CANADA

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Starting to get short of photographs.

Red squirrel takes his turn, really had to squeeze in there BETTY CANADA

Chipmunk and black squirrel, might as well lay down on the job BETTY CANADA

Trillium wood near us, Ontario provincial flower BETTY CANADA

Trilliums again BETTY CANADA

Trilliums near us, also come in claret red but hard to find. BETTY CANADA

It is very rarely that those fishing at Denbury don’t respect the Wildlife and the animals. Probably only two that I can remember. One was last year and the other just over the past week or so. That person allowed one of the Black Swans to swallow a fishing hook and did not tell us that it had happened. Since the last time that it happened we have rules about fishing and the Swans. Nothing that would cause those fishing any disturbance, but would stop the Swans from getting injured. The worst part was that who ever it was did not tell us.

I only realised yesterday afternoon when I saw a swelling at the top of the Swans neck. A first I thought that it was the original Swan and that the injury had started to get worse. It was quite easy to catch it. This time we put a net right across the lake and walked it to one end trapping the Swan in the reed, it was then easy to catch it with a very large fishing landing net. Vicky I noticed on the Forum had seen me rowing trying to get the Swan up on end of the Lake.

I believe it is a Pen that is injured. We decided that we would send the Swan to the Swan Sanctuary at Shepperton, Middlesex on the out skirts of London. They have a great deal of experience with this type of injury. See their website www.swanuk.org.uk The Swan Sanctuary is a charity. They do not charge for any medical care. We will donate what we would have needed to have paid to a Veterinary. By the time we had caught the Swan it was getting very late but their volunteers met me half way from Dorset where the Pen spent last before being taken to the Sanctuary this morning.

8.55pm. Just spoke to the Swan Sanctuary. The Pen has been operated on and at the moment all is looking OK.

I did tell you that the new camera would be working by the beginning of September. But as it is not I will tell you about it on Tuesday. It could have been today but I thought that you wouldn’t mind waiting another couple of days.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Winter from our bedroom window BETTY CANADA

Rosie the cat having a snooze in our bedroom, for all you cat lovers. BETTY CANADA

Rosie the cat having a snooze in our bedroom, for all you cat lovers. BETTY CANADA

I knew they were there somewhere!! BETTY CANADA

Black Squirrel finding his nuts in mid winter BETTY CANADA

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Humming bird heard me coming so she tilted her head BETTY CANADA

Male cardinal in winter BETTY CANADA

Ruby throated humming bird at the feeder BETTY CANADA

Female Ruby Throated Humming bird at the feeder BETTY CANADA

Winter from our bedroom window BETTY CANADA

I put the Swan back on the Lake this morning. He seemed pleased to see the two Pens and hasn’t left them all day. He has eaten bread that I fed the Swans this afternoon. At the moment he doesn’t seem to be having trouble eating, but there is a chance that his oesophagus. may narrow with the scarring and stop him from eating.

The person at the location of the new webcam has got the flu and is not able to fit the camera until next week. It will be worth the wait.

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Downy woodpecker in our garden (male) female the same but no red on head BETTY CANADA

Flicker in our garden just passing through (only stays a couple of days in the spring) BETTY CANADA

Chippie with his mouth pouches partly full BETTY CANADA

Chipmunk hand-fed on our patio BETTY CANADA

Looks like rain but was flowing away from camera and then toward it, insects? Betty Canada

The Swan is looking no worse or better than it did yesterday. The swelling may have gone done a little although the whole of the neck seems to be slightly thicker. That may be my imagination trying to find what is not there. The medication that it is having are both oral and the Swan protests even before we try to give it. I keep saying it. I believe that it is a Cob and that the other two are Pens. I hope that I am correct as I put my name to another Cob before the Swan swallowed the hook.

The antibiotic that he get once daily is a product called Baytril, probably the best that you could get, so if any thing is going to stop any infection this will. The other medication is Antepsin Suspension. This is a healing product for the damage that the hook did to the oesophagus it is given three times a day. In humans one of its uses is to treat ulcers.

We have taken advice from a sanctuary about feeding the Swan. We are giving bread, corn and fresh grass cuttings in water. He seems to be eating it. We will try in a day or two to let it graze on one of the Lawns around the Cottages. Unfortunately there is nothing m,ore we can do other than wait and see.

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Starting from number six there are four new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are four new photographs on the Photo Page.

I thought you might like the following pictures to post in the photo gallery, they are all of the Canada Geese that nest on a lake near where I work and there are some pictures of ducklings with their mum on the water. Bec.

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

White peacocks that we saw while at St. Augustine, Florida. Karen, Florida (USA)

These were all taken 2