One of my 2016 Christmas gifts was a trail/game camera. Over the weekend I put it out for the first time in a secluded area of one of the local parks. This morning I went to retrieve it. Here are a few of the images it recorded. Nothing too exciting, but I have high hopes that I will see more in the future.
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| Grey Squirrel (center) and Downy Woodpecker (right, on log) |
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| Grey Squirrel (black-phase) |
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| Northern Raccoon |
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| Virginia Opossum |
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| White-tailed Deer |
Each of the animals in the photos were seen on multiple dates, with the exception of the woodpecker. The two squirrels appeared every day, but never together. The
raccoon and opossum both showed up on two separate nights. The pair of
deer showed up on three separate days, but only in low light. A solo deer (not shown in any of the pictures) appeared once during the daytime.
Overall the camera was triggered more than forty times over the five days it was set up and recorded more than one hundred twenty images - the camera was set up to take a three-image burst any time it was triggered. The five species above were the only ones recorded.
I've been wanting to get one---the neighbors have seen such interesting things.....including a guy stealing their bait piles (?) and various trespassers. I know we have bear passing through our property (they leave us a "sign", but I'd sure like to SEE the actual bear.
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