Saturday's Critters

We've had a few visitors. I must admit that the nocturnal visitors are the most fun. You never know who visits in the night, Fred is a regular daily visitor.

The skunk went by. She was lactating in June, caught on video (lactating skunk ). She is still patrolling the yard! This is all she granted me ↓ . I did get a whiff of skunk a couple of weeks ago. I hadn't seen her since.

Here she was on July 1st, 2016. All in all, I very seldom see most critters in the daytime. We released several skunks in September, 2017. They were in rehab for the summer, through Rideau Valley Wildlife rescue. Civilians aren't able to take in wild animals, not legally. You need a licence, which makes a lot of sense. I was happy to help them.

I love how some of them are spooked by the camera. Others just pee in front of it. The bears like to inspect it!

coyote from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

On both trail cameras, 3 coyotes in a row!

coyote from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Two deer on the trailcam.

doe and buck from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I was up on the deck and saw it run by. I now know what got our first phoebes in the shed, and the three cardinal eggs in the lilac tree in spring. I've seen one around from time to time. 

mink Aug 1, 11:00 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

This was fun. Momma bear is clearly lactating. Baby bear sniffed the forest camera, then the group moved along to the frogpond trailcam. Baby bear inspected camera #1. Then they moved through the forest to camera #2.

Momma Bear & cubs from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Thanks to Eileen for hosting #503! 

About the place

Another snowfall, Mar. 5th. There were snow squalls across the province. There were whiteouts on my way home.


Each day is different...


Snowy afternoon.

March 5th, 11:24 a.m.

I think these are the mink tracks, the next day there were fisher tracks, too.



There are lots of deer and turkey paths.


Then, the cats... Hooper is bored.

Saturday's Critters #273