Except for one lone apple high in the tree,
all the apples have fallen from the tree (they’re not a long-hanging variety). When
I checked the camera trap there were photographs of wildlife that had come to
eat the last of the fallen fruit.
The most interesting were a series of photos
of a bit of a confrontation between a gray fox and an opossum. Both species are
omnivores in that they’ll eat both meat and vegetable matter. Although gray fox
eat a lot of fruit, they tend to be more predators in that they actively hunt
insects, small mammals and birds.
Opossums, on the other hand, eat a lot of
carrion that they find – although, if they can catch them, they will kill and
eat the same insects, mammals and birds as they gray fox.
The two species tend to be about the same
weight, but the fox is by far the faster and has a more aggressive personality.
There were two apples and two animals when the photo series began –
In the final two photos, first the gray fox
picked up an apple and apparently carried it off –
Which left the field to the opossum –
That is really cool that you have a camera trap set up. These are great shots. The fox is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteYou catch some really neat animals on that camera trap!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing!
ReplyDeleteLovely shots at nnight of thee critters
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots, Woody.
ReplyDeletesuch wonderful photos
ReplyDeleteand a joy and intrigue to consider this interaction
thank you