My Appalachian Ohio Trailcams

Category: Mammals

  • “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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Mink

    My two permanently located trailcams monitor a path that runs roughly parallel to a creek, with two ponds nearby. This means that there is year-round water, and prime habitat for mink. I’ve seen their distinctive pawprints in the snow, observed their coppery eyes reflecting the glare from car headlights a couple of times, found their…

  • Red Fox

    I particularly love this image, captured on a lovely Spring day. Although it’s a still, it captures the fox’s motion. Still captured from one of the below videos taken during a severe cold spell. Videos taken on two different trailcams on what was a cold, windy Winter night; as evidenced by the audio.