Tag: trail cam

Tiny opossum

On By CarynIn Wildlife
Photo description: small mammal checking out a food dish on wood steps, possible opossum
Photo description: adult opossum on the same steps, bowl for scale, with a tabby cat peeking out from behind the door

At first I thought the mammal in the first picture was a rat, but it doesn’t stand like a rat, it stands like an opossum.

Oh yeah, I checked the trail cams again. Downloading a thousand photos and then deleting the ones I don’t want was exhausting, to me and the cloud. So then I was using the Photos app to pick just a few remarkable pics to download, but the thumbnails are very small there and hard to see what is going on in each picture.

I found a better method this last time: open up the folder on the USB card in the Finder app (Mac), maximize the preview size, and arrow button press through single-view photos before ever downloading them. I drag the interesting pics to a temporary folder, and keep going. It is also like playing a time lapse video, I see the photos rapidly in sequence and get a better idea of the animals movements.

Doe

On By CarynIn Wildlife

In the collection of trail cam photos there were deer!

Photo description: trail cam photo of a deer during daylight hours, full side view

She walked into the camera view sniffed around a little, then left. She had a buddy in the background. Only the one sighting of the herd in three weeks at this trail cam location.

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.