Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Spring on the Rim


The camera on the rim has been very productive of videos of a host of wildlife species. For those of you who haven’t seen earlier posts of videos from the rim, here’s a brief description of the location: The rim is the edge of the Allegheny Plateau in northcentral Pennsylvania; it’s an ecotone, the boundary between different habitats. Here the ecotone is between a forest dominated by chestnut oak with an understory of mountain laurel on gently rolling terrain and a forest dominated by black birch, red maple and red oak on a steep slope with very little understory. 

Videos from the winter on the rim were posted in March, here are videos from spring on the rim: white-footed mouse, hairy woodpecker, raccoons, white-tailed deer, black bear and eastern coyote –


Summer has now arrived and with it the heat and humidity that usually causes wildlife to seek shade and moisture. Oak forests with abundant mountain laurel are not places where it’s easy to keep cool – but steep hillsides with birch-maple forests are usually cooler. We’ll see if wildlife activity on the rim changes in summer or if some species disappear for a while.

5 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

Great video, I enjoyed the critters. Especially the Black bear and all the deer! Thank you for linking up your post. Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy weekend!

Debbie said...

i have never seen your videos before and i must say, i really enjoyed this one!! it looks like the rim is a good spot for your trail cam!! i think i enjoyed the deer the most. even though it is a very familiar animal, i really enjoyed seeing it up close!! it was fun to see the bears as well, up close with no fear of danger!!

it's a really nice video and i enjoyed the music!!

Tanza Erlambang said...

enjoy to watch your video....
thank you for sharing

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

You always have amazing videos! Much of Florida turns into a tropical jungle making it hard to see birds and critters! Happy weekend!

Anu said...

Hello. Great number of animals in your video. They are awesome.