No cormorants today, but instead something that I've never seen before. We have some caterpillar pupae. They were discovered on Friday inside one of the garden sacks we use for taking green waste to the local recycling centre. The caterpillars were still visible then (they're green) but were already wrapping themselves inside silken cocoons as they prepared for their final metamorphosis. In this pupa stage they are protected as they develop the final form of the moth.
Caterpillar in cocoon
Another photo, this time from tonight (about 24 hours later).
I promised something different tonight, and so a rare shot of another garden regular. A cat. This pretty little tabby was perched on the garage roof watching intently while I was photographing the garden rubbish sack!
And keeping to cats, this short sequence of stills of the same cat taken on the trail cam a night or so ago. 
Except this time it's a fox and bat (just in front of the roof).
I'll close with one more trailcam still, the local badger snaffling up some peanuts.
Camera note: pupa/cocoon and cat shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens. The trail cam images are from a Bushnell Trophy cam.
gdare
14 Aug 2011I thought a cat would be more tolerant about fox. But we must not forget the nature of an ordinary cat :insane:
anonymous
14 Aug 2011Anonymous writes:
A nice variety of shots! — Marilyn
SittingFox
14 Aug 2011Cats can be such bullies. Last night I found Kelly's old dog bed and got it out for Khamsin. Foot is currently asleep in it :whistle:
But those are excellent trailcam stills, especially the one of the fox and the bat! The caterpillar is interesting too.
Words
14 Aug 2011Darko, the domestic cats tend rule the foxes around here. They have much better attack weapons!
Words
14 Aug 2011Marilyn, thanks! It was time for a change of pace.
Words
14 Aug 2011Adele, I decided to start using the still facility partly because the video eats batteries. I'm pleased with the results it's getting, though it helps if the subject keeps still. I've had a few blurred bats before, so I was more than somewhat surprised to get such a relatively sharp image of one.