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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…
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
I was downloading blurry *.jpg files taken in IR mode from one of my trailcams, so couldn’t identify the species. I know there are screech owls, great horned owls, barred owls and northern saw-whet owls around as you occasionally hear them, along with the odd sighting. I switched both trailcams, located along a trail beside…
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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.
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Welcome to my world!
Since 1996 I have been renaturalizing a field in Appalachian Ohio, a process that has involved planting hundreds of native saplings and minimizing disturbance as much as possible. The property adjoins another field that has been allowed to rewild, which in turn borders a creek surrounded by dense woodland; this has facilitated wildlife spread. Whereas…