Critters captured on camera

[EddieWalker]

That weasel has a look on his face like he wants to kick your butt !!!!


More fantastic pics. Thanks for sharing.

Eddie

 

[jimmyj]

That weasel has a look on his face like he wants to kick your butt !!!!
Eddie

Great pics ArmedinUtah! Wow, what a nice place you live in.

To Eddie's comment about the weasel, it looks like he wants to kick EVERYBODIES butt! :laughing:

 

[nickel plate]

Our property is about ten miles SW of Yosemite National Forest. I bought the game camera this last spring to record what passes through when we are there or not there. This is our first bear photo set taken two days before we returned. The camera took three photos in three seconds and then the bear flat out vanished into the "Lost" on the other side of our creek. I took a comparison photo of Chan and Buzz a few days later just to get an idea of the bear's size. Result: BIG ENOUGH!
The bobcat was at the top of our driveway-the square object is one of those welcome flag thingies which he seems to be interested in.
Sorry about the large size of the photos-in the future I'll try to figure out how to make them around 640x480.

 

[nickel plate]

The game camera was out for just about three weeks on our property and here are a few photos.
The "mini rut" pictures were between a spike and a barely three point.
The sow and cub are in the same camera position that triggered a male about two weeks further back. The cam also got the sow and cub about a week later but they were in an evening rainstorm so I didn't post them because they were too blurry.

 

[jinman]

The "mini rut" pictures were between a spike and a barely three point.

It's interesting that your two young bucks are jousting in the dark and in daylight. They must have been at it for long time. Perhaps, they are really buddies and just play fighting instead of serious territorial disputes. I love fox pictures too. They can sure reek havoc with your domestic fowl, but they are a beautiful animal. Since the sow and cub are around, do you think there is any chance of surprising them and her becoming defensive of the cub? If they are in the photos often, it must mean that your property is their normal range.

 

[srossman]

That cub looks to be a lot lighter in color than the sow. The pics look great.

 

[Armed in Utah]

Here's a very recent shot I got with my Sony.........

LE deer unit in Utah...........

 

[nickel plate]

It's interesting that your two young bucks are jousting in the dark and in daylight. They must have been at it for long time. Perhaps, they are really buddies and just play fighting instead of serious territorial disputes. I love fox pictures too. They can sure reek havoc with your domestic fowl, but they are a beautiful animal. Since the sow and cub are around, do you think there is any chance of surprising them and her becoming defensive of the cub? If they are in the photos often, it must mean that your property is their normal range.

Jim, The deer in the daylight photos are a spike and a doe. Might be the same spike in the possible rut photos that taken were two days later, camera in the same location.
Our property is less than ten fully forested miles SW of Yosemite NP so we do see a fair amount of wildlife passing through.

 

[nickel plate]

Turkeys in the driveway. I finally found a painless (less time consuming) way to resize (640x480) these Reconyx game cam photos. We can only get dial-up service here so that you understand how important that is to those of us that have to wait F O R E V E R to view a HUGE un-resized posted photo. Because of that, I keep a strong magnifying glass by the computer to aviod the wait, it's that bad..... Rant over, enjoy the turkeys.

 

[jinman]

Turkeys in the driveway.

Oh my! I think you probably have some happy cougars and bobcats in the area too. With all those turkeys, the wild cat population must have feathers in their mouths. I suspect your fox feasts on eggs and poults too.

 

[NSBound]

And now for something a bit different. There was a small pod (5 or 6) of Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins in the local river for the past week. They follow the fish in on the tide, corrall them up, and then blast in at full speed, making their catch. They leave the water, and make an impressive wake, making them fun to watch. The seagull population watches for where they attack, and pick up the spoils.

 

[EddieWalker]

Here's a very recent shot I got with my Sony.........

LE deer unit in Utah...........

WOW, that sure looks like a book deer. Got to be 190 with very minimal deductions!!!! What do you think he scored and how wide do you think he is?

Just an amazing buck. Thanks for sharing.

Eddie

 

[nickel plate]

Oh my! I think you probably have some happy cougars and bobcats in the area too. With all those turkeys, the wild cat population must have feathers in their mouths. I suspect your fox feasts on eggs and poults too.

Did you say bobcat? In the last couple of months there have been two photographed in the upper driveway. The first one was out on the edge of the flash but this guy just sauntered through and never turned around.

 

[Armed in Utah]

WOW, that sure looks like a book deer. Got to be 190 with very minimal deductions!!!! What do you think he scored and how wide do you think he is?

Just an amazing buck. Thanks for sharing.

Eddie

Not sure what he would score....he's about 26" wide or so....

average buck for this area.....would get passed by from hunters.....

unless the last day or so.........but he sure is purty....and safe....

hunts are all over...rut is on...his only worry would be a hungry cat....:licking:

 

[jinman]

And now for something a bit different. There was a small pod (5 or 6) of Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins in the local river for the past week.

Ian, I used to go topside aboard ship and watch schools of dolphins play in the ship's wake when I was in the US Navy, but I never saw white-sided dolphins like those. They really look more liks small orcas than dolphins to me. Of course, to the fish, they just look like big hungry mouths full of teeth.:laughing:

 

[J_J]

The Orca has a much larger dorsal fin. Here is a comparison.

1 and 4 are White sided dolphins

 

[NSBound]

Yer right, J.J., there are orcas off the coast, but these are definitely white-sided dolphins. But they are big - the size of 2 men. Another pic from today

 

[jimmyj]

Ian, that is a brilliant photo of the dolphin!