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“Fruitavore” Gray Fox
Of course, gray fox are omnivores. Their diet consisting of small mammals, birds, eggs, insects, reptiles, vegetable matter, nuts, fruit; so the title of this post is less than accurate. I have several apple trees and the gray fox have been enjoying the fruit the last couple of months. I dumped a couple of buckets…
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Pair of Gray Fox
Pair of gray fox interacting, they look in great shape going into the Winter. The audio here is really interesting, too. The day/time is wrong as I forgot to correct them when I replaced the batteries, but the video was taken during the night of November 16 2023.
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Wild Turkey & 5 Chicks
A sign of woodland maturation is wild turkey moving in. Although I’ve seen wild turkey nearby, I’ve never captured video of one on my trailcams. This is an exciting development, especially as the mom has 5 chicks!
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Fawn, Coyote, and Trailcam Glow Intervening
I’ve noticed coyotes being spooked by the red glow the trailcams give off when triggered at night. The first video shows a coyote pursuing a fawn, note its plaintive cries. When the fawn runs back past the trailcam the coyote continues its pursuit, but immediately halts and retreats due to the red glow. In the…
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Mother Raccoon with a Couple of Youngsters
The videos below are from the Summers of 2021 and 2022. I routinely observe raccoons on each of my trailcams throughout the year. These videos are a bit different as they show an adult, that I assume is the mother, with a couple of playful juveniles.
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Pair of Skunk
It’s unusual for me to observe two skunk hanging out together, but given they tend to pair-up and mate about now then this would be the time. I captured this pair on three different trailcams sauntering around the paths I keep. Something I never appreciated is the diversity in the markings that individual skunk can…
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Gray Fox
When I originally began capturing pictures of gray fox I was so ignorant about them that I assumed I was just getting poor images of red fox, or coyotes. I also thought I’d be unlikely to see them as they are classified as a “Species of Concern” by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division…
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Bobcat Video & Gray Fox Audio
One of my favourite captures of all time, cool video of a bobcat with the distinctive bark of a gray fox; we only occasionally hear this and it may be consistent with their mating season.
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Bobcat
Bobcat, Lynx rufus, were extirpated in Ohio by 1850, however, they gradually returned as their populations recovered in neighbouring states. I first began observing bobcat in Spring 2021. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources now considers that they are common, but I question that description locally as I only get occasional videos or pictures on…
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Black Bear
I first saw bear footprints in a nearby state forest in 2006, which really surprised me. I sought confirmation from a ranger and they informed me that bear had been photographed, I assume with trailcams, close to the same location. Since then, local sightings have occurred with increasing frequency, and I thought it would just…