Oh, deer!

After getting mostly deer body parts on the trail cam, I adjusted it to look down rather than across and was rewarded with full body deer pictures! How many can you spot in the picture below?

Photo description: night view picture with a winter landscape of twigs and braches and deer, with eyes aglow.

I find four deer, all does as far as I can tell. I do have the advantage of seeing all the pictures before and after this one, but here are all the deer circled.

Photo description: four colored circles on the deer in the same picture.

Even cooler, the deer rest within the camera view, so the trail cam is going to stay in this position for a while.

Photo description: two deer laying down in camera view.

Hello?

Photo description: Night vision photo of a deer’s eyes looking into the trail cam.

This is another gem from the recent trail cam collection; a deer peeking into the camera with what I interpret as curiosity. Mostly I get pictures of legs and tails, so this was startling.

Pardon me, as I skip frame

I took in my SD card from the trail cam and uploaded it on the computer. There were 50 pictures, mostly of deer parts, but with two adjacent pictures that made a nearly whole deer. It made me laugh.

Photo description: screen shot of two frames in my photo app, where the head of the deer is in the left frame, the body is in the right frame, and the neck lines up.

National Bison Day

Happy National Bison Day! As an absolutely shameless plug, here is a link to the Buffalo Wool Company, and their list of ranchers and conservators to help you support the growing bison population and local economies!

Photo description: American Bison in a green pasture with a line of green trees in the background and blue skies. Photo taken by me last year at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Bug catcher

I’ve been seeing some strange bug catching methods on my feeds, so I thought I would share my preferred method for catching and removing critters from the house: a cup and card stock. Put the cup over the insect, slide the card stock under, tada, instant cage. Thin paper can work, but isn’t as secure. Clear plastic cups are awesome, but a glass works too.

Photo description: Blue transparent plastic cup upside down on a white sheet of card stock on a concrete porch. Large black beetle visible inside the cup.

This works great for creatures on flat surfaces, and the materials are cheap and readily available.