Category: Cats

Harvest

On By CarynIn Cats, eggs, Garden

I’m glad I found the harvest apron when I went out to the cucumber patch and coop. I hadn’t been out in a couple days and I found 5 cucumbers and three eggs!

Photo description: looking down into a handmade harvest apron loaded with three eggs and five cucumbers, muck boots just visible past the apron

Gate keepers

On By CarynIn Cats
Photo description: gray tabby on the windowsill inside, calico on the shelf outside the window cat flap looking at the gray tabby

So who is gate keeping whom here? Does Izzy the cat want in? Or does Thor the cat want out? Probably both, and they are stubbornly sitting there, but the looks on their faces was worth the picture.

Odd couples

On By CarynIn Cats, Wildlife

I’ve had a few interesting interactions caught on the trail cam of unexpected pairs.

Photo description: night vision trail cam photo of a raccoon on a bench and a tabby cat walking on the nearby porch. The cat spotted the raccoon and slipped on by.
Photo description: night vision trail cam photo of two opossums, which is unusual because they are solitary. As soon as the one on the ground noticed the one on the bench, the moment was over and it left.
Photo description: night vision trail cam photo of an opossum on the coop porch and a raccoon on hind legs looking at it. The opossum actually held its ground, but the raccoon didn’t care. The raccoon got onto the porch, checked for snacks, then left, all while the opossum huddled against the door.
Photo description: night vision trail cam photo of an opossum on the ground, and a short haired black cat stepping down off the porch. The cat carefully navigated around the opossum.

I have my trail cam set to take photos every three seconds when there is movement, so the shots on either side of the ones I selected above told me the story. I chose the most representative photo to share.

From this set of data, it seems the raccoons are top, then opossums, and then the cats come in last, giving the others wide berth.

Nothing nefarious

On By CarynIn Cats
Photo description: long haired calico, short haired black cat, and brown and black tabby taking a walk through the woods in a line, trail cam capture

Cat family dynamics are interesting in my neighbor’s colony. In the picture above, the calico in the lead is the momma cat, and the two behind her are her adult kittens. This is a typical scene, with her leading and her brood not far behind. They have all been fixed, and maybe that has something to do with the easy going attitudes.

Chase scene

On By CarynIn Cats

Here is an amusing trail cam capture. I’m sure the fight wasn’t funny, but the frozen chase is an unusual find.

Photo description: chase scene with a long haired calico running from a short haired black cat, both captured with back paws up

There were no photos on either side of this one with these two cats, so I assume the chase was all that was within the camera’s field. It is set up to take photos every three seconds, so those cats were indeed high-tailing it.

I’m surprised that I don’t see more chases and fights on the trail cam, honestly.