Lots Of Hiking With The Holidays

The time off has allowed me to put many miles on the ole'hiking boots. Still carrying my SLR on weekly TC camera checks. Been slow with any decent SLR pictures. I like walking shorelines and with the water levels this year, it's been a challenge.
I have many trail cameras out with no snow ( Yet) to hinder checking them, Activity has been slow and mostly night captures, This weekend I did note a number of bobcat scats while hiking.
I have been saving my gift cards for a while and decided to cash them in at Cabela's,  purchasing a higher end TC. I hope to continue improving the quality of the videos and pictures which will enhance future presentations.
Jim

Should I or Should't I

Got to my spot this morning and the sky opened up. That made the decision to leave my camera in the truck. This mornings hike was to check a number of trail cameras in north central MA. The mild temps had many critters on the move. The heavy rain and warm weather pretty much melted the ice on a few swamps I checked.

 Ducks, beavers, pileated woodpecker and kingfisher kept the swamp pond busy.
Trail cameras captured a few pics. The cover pic is a doe crossing a beaver dam and hears the camera.
Other tc;s captured a distant coyote and bobcat crossing on the thin ice during the cover of darkness.

Jim

Got an early start this morning. Loaded up a bunch of trail cameras and ran a long camera trap line in anticipation of catching a daytime bobcat picture on a trail camera. The sled worked out great and saved some wear and tear on my back.
Jim

Thank You To All That Attended

" Camera Trapping Massachusetts Bears "

What a nice turnout and many thanks !

Special thanks to my son Mike ( pictured) for sharing his bear knowledge.

A few weeks ago I had pulled in all my cameras to clean , change batteries to lithium and inventory all equipment. . I had a good year , only lost one small padlock.
Its time to make winter camera trap sets. I will setup a few cams in previous areas. I  currently have a new spot and will focus most of my efforts learning this area and see what nature has in store.

Jim

Camera Trapping Massachusetts Bears

Hope to meet some of you Thursday evening !

A six mile hike this morning checking camera traps was full on anticipation hoping to catch glimpse of a bobcat. I did see two scat piles. Should only be a matter of time before my trail cameras start catching them.

Jim