Critter tails

How good it was to see the sun, however briefly. There is another storm on the way. Happily, it looks like just snow and no rain. I can deal with the snow. We make sure we have food, gas for the snowblower, and I can take my time to shovel. We had 4 cm Thursday, not even worth shoveling!

I cannot complain, though. The high temperatures for some parts of Canada are -30˚ C. today! Sorry, Red!

Cinnamon enjoys a moment on his cat tower, and my first paperwhite bloom. The ceramic rabbit sits atop my gifts from Jean! She is a peach. 

I went for a walk to fetch trailcam cards. I met the deer trio, Momma and twins. It was funny, as they lined up, all looking in one direction, then looking at me.

deer trio from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I think the frog pond trail cam froze after the snow and rain. Nothing on it, yet two pieces of Fisher poopies in front of the trailcam. 

A big coyote track, as well.

There was a lone turkey about, in the snow.

  

lone turkey Jan 11 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I often wonder about the critters in the snow. We've another big storm on the way, potentially 20 cm. Again. 

  

King Charles dec 28 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Coyotes 

coyotes from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

It's a busy forest!

I finally wore snowshoes down to get the trailcam memory cards. It was awful walking, even so. We had snow overnight.

I've set the thumbnail to the best image, although I know JB watches every one. You can hear the poor critters on the snow. The coyote and fisher are light enough to stay on top of the snow.

Jan. 29 

Jan. 30 

fox & fisher jan 30 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

doe a deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Jan. 31 

The turkeys are showing mating behaviours. It seems early.

Out the kitchen window! That's where hubby eats his breakfast, to watch them.

buck from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

coyote from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I was on Twitter, and someone else, who posts fine trailcam videos, showed this.

Here's a very sleepy fisher on the vet exam table. Did you know that fishers have 3 blazes, in individually unique patterns? #Carnivores pic.twitter.com/A0TRX8W9o9

— Jason Ransom (@wildequids) January 22, 2020

Mine spend so much time mushing the boxes, laying down scent, that you would never see it!
The fisher marked the spot. I was quite eager to see if I had him on the trailcam. He keeps marking the spot where the box still sits under the snow.

fox and fisher from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Feb. 1st 

deer 1 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.