Thank you again, Jeff, for getting me the game cams and for sharing the joy of what we find on them. :)
Recreating a native habitat has been a dream of mine since I was about 18. It only took me 20 years, but I finally have two acres of land in the country with which to work (and play). My goal is to document the improvements I make to the property: restoring habitat & attracting birds and butterflies in addition to other wildlife.
Showing posts with label fox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fox. Show all posts
Monday, January 16, 2017
Trail Cam Pics from Autumn 2016
I was looking through the trail cams memory cards today...these are from quite a while ago, but I cropped and saved them today, so I might as well share.
Thank you again, Jeff, for getting me the game cams and for sharing the joy of what we find on them. :)
Thank you again, Jeff, for getting me the game cams and for sharing the joy of what we find on them. :)
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Another Fox Pic
I left the trail cam in place for as long as my patience held--probably 5 days. Still no face pic, but this is still a better shot than the first few I got. :)
Just as there were already garter snakes on the property and a bear came to our bird feeder when we first moved in, I assume nothing that I did to improve the property is responsible for the fox passing through...but, perhaps what I have added, will allow it to utilize the property for more than just a pass through.
Just as there were already garter snakes on the property and a bear came to our bird feeder when we first moved in, I assume nothing that I did to improve the property is responsible for the fox passing through...but, perhaps what I have added, will allow it to utilize the property for more than just a pass through.
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| There is a spiderweb at the top of the photo...I cropped most of it out which makes the few bright lines more puzzling. |
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Game Cam Surprises
While sorting through the pics from the game cam--with my husband, Jeff, watching over my shoulder (so glad to see him interested and excited as a few surprises came our way). :)
No big surprises with the rabbit, squirrel, robin, and ground hog that appeared in the pics--and I was not even surprised to see the raccoon (I've seen their prints in my latest addition to the yard--that I've yet to post about)...but I was happy to finally have a photo of one.
I have wanted to see a fox (and hopefully photograph one) in the yard for years. I guess I knew it was possible or even likely that they were here or at least passing through...just undetected by me. Now, I have proof. :) YAY!
Again...no surprises that we have free-roaming cats--I love cats, but hate to see them prowling in the habitat that I am creating to support wildlife. Domesticated cats are not natural predators of North America...and they decimate wild bird (and other critters) populations that are already struggling with habitat destruction. So, of course, I was not happy to see these two on the game cam.
What I was not expecting was to catch what looks to me (and to Jeff) to be a bobcat! :):):) This is a natural predator and one that I've only seen in books. Since getting this incomplete shot of him (or her)...I have moved the game came to face in the opposite position...hoping to get a face pic next time. :)
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Today's Encounter
It all happened so fast, and, of course, I didn't have the camera with me anyway...this morning I went out to feed the birds, and startled a deer that was right by the greenhouse. I must've heard a rustling and looked up. By the time we'd made eye contact and I realized that it was a deer, it was gone. I didn't even notice if it were a doe or a buck...the only thing that registered was that it was BIG!
I suspect, if it wasn't coming for the sunflower seeds, that it might've been after the apple peelings and cores that I threw onto the vegetable garden bed along with potato peelings and such. I was fine with that and was looking forward to seeing it again (next time armed with a camera), until I realized that it might get into the habit of coming to the garden come spring and wreak havoc on the vegetables that will be growing by then!
Since I'm posting without a picture anyway, I guess now is as good a time as any to mention the encounter I had the other day--away from home. I think I spotted two foxes! We were pulling out of the parking lot of a restaurant after dusk when I saw movement of something near the dumpster. A moment later I spotted two of them in the headlights of the car escaping into the weedy area.
I have never seen a live fox before (although I've seen one or two as roadkill before). I've wanted to see them visiting our property--or, perhaps, making a den in the brush pile or something. Maybe once the habitat starts to grow in and I've added enough native shrubs, trees, grasses, and wildflowers. For all I know, they could be visiting our property already...some day I'd like to get a game cam. Knowing that I've spotted them less than twenty miles from here, I'd expect to have them out here more in the country. I look forward to posting a photo (or more) of a fox utilizing the habitat I'm trying to provide.
I suspect, if it wasn't coming for the sunflower seeds, that it might've been after the apple peelings and cores that I threw onto the vegetable garden bed along with potato peelings and such. I was fine with that and was looking forward to seeing it again (next time armed with a camera), until I realized that it might get into the habit of coming to the garden come spring and wreak havoc on the vegetables that will be growing by then!
Since I'm posting without a picture anyway, I guess now is as good a time as any to mention the encounter I had the other day--away from home. I think I spotted two foxes! We were pulling out of the parking lot of a restaurant after dusk when I saw movement of something near the dumpster. A moment later I spotted two of them in the headlights of the car escaping into the weedy area.
I have never seen a live fox before (although I've seen one or two as roadkill before). I've wanted to see them visiting our property--or, perhaps, making a den in the brush pile or something. Maybe once the habitat starts to grow in and I've added enough native shrubs, trees, grasses, and wildflowers. For all I know, they could be visiting our property already...some day I'd like to get a game cam. Knowing that I've spotted them less than twenty miles from here, I'd expect to have them out here more in the country. I look forward to posting a photo (or more) of a fox utilizing the habitat I'm trying to provide.
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