More ducklings day 11

Today the ducklings figured out the feeder tube; hard to believe that they’re already big enough to reach it. Check out a couple of GIFs of them eating from the tube!

Here’s the first GIF, from the cam footage:

GIF of duckings eating from tube

A cam shot of that:

Two duckings eating from tube

It’s fun to step in the dish:

Ducklings

Watching me:

Ducklings

Eating from the tube:

Ducklings

Some more close-ups:

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Another GIF of a ducking eating from the tube while I was there:

GIF of ducking eating from tube

Cat update for week ending August 22

Lots of pictures of Porcini this week; she’s a bit of a home-body, not necessarily in the cat house, but in the gardens nearby. Pommie is too, in her own way, though she prefers the cabins.

Several days this week I’ve spotted Porcini when doing my afternoon or evening rounds, on the way to or from the pond. Here she is on the steps to the fountain garden:

Porcini

Porcini waiting for her turn for breakfast:

Porcini

It’s not all Porcini, though. Here’s Spud emerging from the breezeway cabin:

Spud

Spud freezes when he spots a bird at the end of the breezeway:

Spud spots a bird

Oh look, it’s Porcini again:

Porcini

And again:

Porcini

And again; so comfy on the deck:

Porcini

Two cats as the food starts to dispense:

Two cats

Twins:

Twins

Sniffing noses:

Sniffing noses

Spotted Porcini again; you can just barely see her hiding behind the ceramic pukeko ornaments:

Porcini

Yep, it’s Porcini again:

Porcini

Porcini and Poppy inside their house:

Porcini and Poppy

Porcini and Poppy

Finally, some other cats; here’s Bella:

Bella

Pommie and Poppa:

Pommie and Poppa

Poppy and Spud:

Poppy and Spud