An assortment of wildlife

I finally got rechargeable batteries and after only one night, got quite a few pictures. The resident chipmunk made his first appearance in front of the camera, plus a new cat which looks suspiciously like my cat but how is that possible? The raccoon had raided the compost bins again, and is probably out there feasting right now since I put more compost out there. The fox looks different--I'm wondering if it's one of last year's litter, because it looks smaller than the mangey one and not that mangey, and not as big and fluffy as the other fox who I think is last year's mother. So that was an interesting assortment. There was another picture of something unidentifiable and a picture of the chipmunk mid jump, going up the stairs, but that was also too blurry to post. Unfortunately the batteries went dead after one night of use! But I have a spare set I am charging so I guess I'll just have to be recharging on a regular basis.

tail of an orange cat

raccoon

Little fox

back of the raccoon

chipmunk

Video Cam

No new pics, because the batteries went dead again. I'm getting rechargeables soon. Leotis installed a wireless video camera under the deck, but so far we haven't seen anything under there. It can also see in the dark. Stay tuned til the next pictures...oh yeah, we heard all this barking again the other day that seemed really close, and then it headed off into the park.

Then the snowstorm hit. We got around 6 inches.

Snowstorm

I wonder how all the animals are faring after the snowstorm. I went around clearing snow off bushes and put out some bird seed and suet. I discovered the wren is living under the eaves of the shed. The camera trap keeps turning off again, even though I just put in new batteries. Not sure what the problem is, but at least I got a couple shots.

Fox sniffing the deck near the pond.

Black cat with white feet, with that caught in the headlights look.

Two foxes, a raccoon, a mourning dove, and a squirrel

The mourning dove and squirrel pics didn't turn out well very. Leotis had seen the mangey fox and the healthier fox yesterday in the park, and I debated pointing my camera trap towards the park, but I'm glad I didn't. Interesting that the raccoon and foxes seem to be inhabiting the same area, although I'm not sure they all are staying under our deck. I feel bad for the poor mangey fox. I wonder what happened to him, and if this is the same fox couple as last year. Of course, the pictures weren't all that good so maybe he looks worse than he is.

Poor mangey fox. His tail is half bald.

Blurry mangey fox.

raccoon

fox sniffing

Raccoon sniffing something on the pond deck.

Raccoon caught on film

Finally I have some pictures to post. The camera batteries went dead, although I wasn't sure that was the problem at first since I wasn't sure I was operating the camera right. There were a few more pictures of the raccoon, but they were hard to see, since the pictures were taken at night. There was also a black cat with white feet, which I'm not posting because all you can see is the feet. There might also have been a picture of a fox, but it was too hard to tell. So now that there are fresh batteries, hopefully I will be posting pictures more regularly.

Raccoon heading towards the space under the deck.

Raccoon's profile.