In the Episode Seven of the Injured Badger Hole Adventures I return to the sett of the injured badger after taking a day off in order to visit a badger pair living in a more remote location of the forest.
On Day Eight, I am once again greeted by the local Woodpecker who likes to follow me around, and realize I should give him a name, instead of just referring to him as a “woodpecker”.
Having not brought any more food for a few days due to there having been no sighting of the injured badger for over a week, the wood rats who had previously enjoyed a feast munching on the food intended for their injured roommate, ate all the unripe Aguaymanto which they had previously ignored because there was an abundance of tastier treats to enjoy. But since I stopped resuplying, suddenly said Aguaymanto became good enough for them.
On Day Nine I am greeted by a trio of Roe Deer who, unlike other groups of deer living in the woods, have had many run ins with me and now accept me as part of the forest, much as the Woodpecker and the Tawny Owl. While other deer run for their lives when they see a human, including me, this deer trio stays chill and at max moves a bit away if I get too close, but don’t take off. Actually, if I stay at least 10 meters away from them, they don’t run at all and just continue with their normal daily routine.
On that day I eventually give the Woodpecker a name – Decker. The whole “Woodpecker Decker” had a great ring to it, much as his pecks on the trees above my head.
Unfortunately, not even after a week and a half has there been any sighting of the injured badger so the previously already strong feeling that he may not have made it got even stronger, but I choose to keep the last spark of hope that by some miracle, despite all odds, the badger somehow survives. It may be just wishful thinking at this stage, but I’m still not ready to give up on my badger.
The compilation of the videos from the trail camera once again reveals only the activity of the local rats, but because there is no more food in the food box, they are forced to return to their normal lives of having to find their own food so there is less of them captured on video than there used to be when the food box was full of treats.
I used my own music for the compilation. It’s my guitar rendition of a Hungarian March #5 in G Minor by a German composer Johannes Brahms. The track was recorded live in 1996. There is no studio recording of this tune.
00:00 Resident woodpecker greets me again
00:43 Day 8 at the injured badger hole
00:58 Rats ate all aguaymanto
01:40 I decide to give the woodpecker a name
02:04 Game cam prepared for another night in the woods
02:37 Chill roe deer trio drops by
03:53 I give the woodpecker name “Decker”
04:11 Day 9 at the injured badger hole
04:29 Starts to rain
05:18 Woodpecker Decker shows up
06:06 Trail cam footage compilation
Keep rocking :o)
Mark
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