Marten courting (Stone marten family/Steinmarder/Husmår) (best at 1440p)

Well, what we get to witness here is either pre-mating or in-between-mating behaviour I'm sure. Whitey's neck is swelling up, and that's a sign of her having mated or being about to.

I was surprised by this early date. Her pups are barely 8 weeks old, probably not even eating solid food yet. (Last year and the year before, she did not mate til end of June, pups being a month older at the time.) Since marten behaviour hasn't been studied, who knows what dictates mating time? Best I can do is watch and learn, and hope that nothing happened to her pups to set this off.

Now, if they'd be kind enough to actually mate in front of the camera as well, that'd be awesome 😄 And in a few weeks, she will hopefully bring her pups live and well.

I have a problem with the mic, I get a loud constant hum (I turned down the sound volume), but I checked it, and there was no vocalization from any of them, far as I could tell. A new problem for me to get fixed now.

Date: 2021/06/02
Location: Backyard in Northern Germany
Feed cam: Reolink RLC-511
Cam3: Browning Recon Force Advantage (Jun.2019)
Video editor: VSDC free video editor

Marten info under the 'discussion' tab: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_uke1kerBEAkdZpc8pVSbg/discussion?

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