Went to a friends house near Aspenwood to see the pine martens that regularly come to visit. Their house backs on to part of Farigaig forest and the native pine martens come to their back door every morning and evening to be fed, often by hand. We were hoping to see the 3 young appear but, possibly because we were watching them and they did not know us, only the mother appeared for food.
She took raw chicken wings back to the rest of the family who we could hear squeaking in the shrubbery a few metres away. She then got more confident and curious and came very close to me and seemed to enjoy having her photo taken. Although they are normally nocturnal creatures these photos were taken at 6.30.p.m. in July and the bright sunlight brought out the light apricot colouring on their chests very vividly.
We also got her on video and soon we hope to have a Video Page on the website.
Went to a friends house near Aspenwood to see the pine martens that regularly come to visit. Their house backs on to part of Farigaig forest and the native pine martens come to their back door every morning and evening to be fed, often by hand. We were hoping to see the 3 young appear but, possibly because we were watching them and they did not know us, only the mother appeared for food.
She took raw chicken wings back to the rest of the family who we could hear squeaking in the shrubbery a few metres away. She then got more confident and curious and came very close to me and seemed to enjoy having her photo taken. Although they are normally nocturnal creatures these photos were taken at 6.30.p.m. in July and the bright sunlight brought out the light apricot colouring on their chests very vividly.
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