u/fr0g0ne

Here is a picture with approx size (yep, that's my hand for scale). Scats are scattered pretty much everywhere, especially visible on road and open wood tracks.

Scat is currently ALWAYS the same: lots of visible seeds inside.

I'm in the center of France.

Possible candidates that I often see around with my comments:

- Foxes: maybe but doesn't match my online searches. They are currently very active, with young foxes learning (I saw 3 today and 6 yesterday at the same time)

- Roe deer: we have a few around, well hidden.

- Nutria: but that's not it for sure

We have other animals but I never saw: badgers for instance. But the scat doesn't match.

Any idea?

- You are way too close to me Mister Human

- Stop right there, it's 1100mm!

Maybe it's too specific :D

This bird is very very very hard to see, and even more to capture on camera. At least where I am in the center of France.

There is a couple in the small woods nearby. They come back every year. It is very common to actually hear them sing.

Buuuuuut to see them is quite difficult! They fly quickly between trees and stay high in the canopy. They are quite sensible regarding their distance to humans.

But the other day, I was walking (and obviously birding) and stopped randomly trying to find a close by Robin.

That's when I saw the Orioles arriving without making a single sound on a branch on the canopy. I counted 3 orioles.

I think it may be a juvenile or a female on both pictures. Anyone, please feel free to correct me.

That may be the reason why they this specific one stayed and observed us (we were 2 people) for a short minute.

Luckily my brand new P1100 was ready to shoot.

It was quite late (8.30pm) so I was so lucky with the late light.

Nikon P1100

860 mm

Handheld

Plus sérieusement, je n'en peux plus de voir des gens vendre des produits et / ou services liés globalement à la défense de l'environnement tout en utilisant des générateurs IA... Dans le genre injonctions contradictoires on est pas mal.

Sorry not a bird picture but still interesting to share in some way. This is nature.