Thursday, June 13, 2019

Northern Spring



Older posts (here and here) contained photographs and videos from camera traps at our son and daughter-in-law’s place far to the north. Recently we visited and I took the opportunity to check the cameras once again.

Although a couple of the cameras had only a few photos, others yielded much more of interest. There was still snow on the ground when this white-tailed deer passed the camera –



Ten days later when a flock of turkeys came by all the snow had melted –



For two months a camera trap that takes videos had been further down the hill. It was set up to take videos along the length of a fallen log and the remaining stub of the dead tree from which the log had fallen. Here are the birds and mammals that appeared in those videos –

I’d also set a camera trap at the edge of their pond in hope of getting photos of the otter that shows up at the pond a couple of times a year. No otter this time, but a pair of mallards spent some time on the pond –



At other times wood ducks and black ducks have spent time there, however this time it was only mallards.

But the camera at the pond provided a real trophy in the form of several photographs of an American bittern –



Their property borders thousands of acres of additional woodland so I never know what may appear in photos or videos from these camera traps.

4 comments:

Marcia said...

My daughter lives in NH. Spring slower to arrive but when it does, summer is not far behind. Great shots of the wildlife.

The Furry Gnome said...

Great picture of the Bittern!

Suzy said...

Stunning pictures. I enjoyed the video.
dropping by from the Our World Tuesday linkup.

eileeninmd said...

Hello, love the deer, turkey and great sighting of the Bittern! Thanks for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your day and weekend.