Deer Sighting

This morning I saw a deer in the woods. Since there has been like an inch of snow on the ground it's easier to see things. I saw some footprints near the compacted corn log I had left for the squirrels, and the corn was totally missing. I also saw footprints leading to the log where I set the camera trap, but probably the batteries are dead since they don't hold their charge in this cold weather. Then Leotis said tonight he thought he heard foxes! We just finished off most of a baked chicken, so tomorrow I will probably move the camera trap back to where it was, and put the chicken carcass out to see if we can attract the foxes!

Birds Galore

It's snowing lightly out, and the birds are out in full force. I hung my new bird nests and squirrel proof feeder. I just saw a wren go in one of the bird nests! I also saw chickadees, nuthatches chasing each other, cardinals, woodpeckers of various sizes, multiple juncos, a new kind of finch, house finches, tit mice (or is it mouses). I had moved the camera trap to a log where I had seen the foxes and raccoons walk on in the past, however I've checked it like 3 times and no pictures! So, I will probably move it.

Happy New Year!

One of my new year's resolutions is to get back on track with my blog. I sort of slacked off at the end of last year. At the risk of losing my audience (me, myself, and I, and a few others :) ) I would like to show you my father's blog, which is infinitely better than mine. I finally convinced him to make his own blog, but since we are on opposite coasts, we have different wildlife. Maybe I'll even get him to make me a better camera trap than the one I'm using, and I think I'll move my camera trap to a new location. Anyway, his blog is: http://cameratrapcodger.blogspot.com.
Happy reading!

Crazy Woodpecker

While I was sleeping in this weekend, or trying to, a woodpecker kept pecking right near my head outside the window. I thought it was in a nearby tree. When I finally got the energy to raise my head, I was face to face with it only a few inches away! It was clinging to the window staring me right in the eye, as if to say, "what's that person doing in my tree?!". Then it flew off. I was too groggy to see what kind of woodpecker it was, but this is not the first time my sleep has been so rudely interrupted.

Hawk Sighting

Today I was in the yard and saw a hawk high in a tree. Then it flew off through the woods.

Hawk Sighting

Today I was in the yard and a hawk was sitting in a tree and then flew off.

Buck walking off. You can see his hind right leg bends inwards at the knee. Poor guy. But he looks healthy otherwise and it didn't seem to bother him.

Buck eating.

Buck Sighting!

This morning I saw a buck with antlers! Unfortunately, he had a broken hind leg. :( It sort of bent the wrong way and he kind of walked funny, but it may have been an old injury that just healed that way, because otherwise he seemed to be healthy and could walk around. I took some pictures through the window so I will post them tonight, although they probably will be blurry. There was a smaller deer in the area too.

Litter Analysis

Litter tends to blow into our front yard from the street. Being the nerd that I am :) I like to analyze its sources. Mostly it's from people eating fast food (I guess they prefer a clean car to a clean environment), but also from kids' school assignments (they don't have to do their homework if they lose it), and also advertising.

Squirrel.

Raccoon in the rain.

Raccoon(s) in the rain. It's hard to tell whether it's one or two raccoons but you can see at least one tail.

Cat in the rain.