Trailcam friends, et al

January is typically a cold one. It hasn't been, until now. It's a bit of a shock!

They've been reluctant to go outdoors!

 The turkeys have been frequent flyers! (See them under the tree?) This tale begins Thursday. You can see my precipitation gauge on the railing in the forefront. I track the snowfall, and melt the snow, just for fun. It's interesting seeing the water to snow ratio. I liked doing science with my students. Here is the data: ❄️JANUARY, if you are so inclined!

The recent snowfall meant perfect little tracks... 

Red squirrel, Hooper, turkeys, and the final one: Hooper and mice friends.

I went out the next day...Mr. Sun was out!  No matter how cold, seeing the sun makes such a difference.
Little mice, and maybe a squirrel?!


The coyote came by, but avoided the trailcam. Smartass! I tracked him across the back of the frog pond, through the pond, along the path across the meadow, and up the hill towards the house. The cold went right through me, just too cold and I gave up. I hauled some wood in, so JB can watch his curling in the warm basement by the fire.

Trailcam Videos

The danged coyote totally skipped around the camera. (I moved it, but don't tell him! Shhh...) His tracks go around the back of the trees, here. Our bucks are much more co-operative!

I arrange the settings so that you can see the main subject of the video. You don't have to watch it, normally, to see the subject. In this case, the subject is just a bit too quick! You can see her at the edge of the camera light, on the right, headed for the trees.

I'd say this is a snowshoe hare. What do you think?! :-)

I love them when they do selfies for me!
Doe a deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I designed Eileen's meme thumbnail. Isn't it fun, interacting with people you have never met?!

Saturday's Critters #265

Deer, pileated woodpecker, rabbit

Another couple of video opportunities. Daisy and I went down to exchange the SD Card in the videocam. (I find this easier than anything else, bringing it back up to the house to process the photos and videos.) We found a pileated woodpecker whilst gazing at the deer. You can spot it hiding behind the tree in the first photo.



It totally ignored us, including Daisy, who had to fling herself up the tree.

pileated peeker from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
When you go down to the woods today...

And on the trailcam:
 
Cam tails from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
That was a funny 24 hours with the trailcam. First critter: Daisy, who helped me set it up. Then, deer eating the cedar boughs, a few turkeys after the cracked corn, a mouse, red squirrels, and a hare in the dark.

Then, more fun, Bambi has been playing in the burr patch again! I found the clump on the snow the next day!