Massachusetts Trail Camera Activity Slow

 

Not much is going on with trail camera sets last week. The weather has been all over the place. My area of Massachusetts received fifteen inches of snow last week, then two significant rain events. Flood warnings are in affect and ponds have little if any ice on them. The long-range forecast looks like cold temperatures next week. Hopefully then TC’s will start capturing videos of bobcats investigating beaver lodges. One trail camera did get a decent bobcat video at the fieldstone wall set. That TC missed what would have been a nice second video of the bobcat exiting the den.

 

If you set enough trail cameras you have experienced that trail cameras aren’t precise instruments and don’t always trigger as programmed. It’s difficult to understand how this trail camera could have  missed the second trigger. When I viewed the first video, I was surprised to see that the bobcat spent a minute inside the opening. Watching the next video in sequence and anticipating an IMPRESSIVE exit capture of the bobcat, it did not happen! The Bushnell Aggressor triggered fifty-nine seconds later with nothing on the video. I’m guessing the bobcat exited just prior to the start of the second video while the camera was re-setting .

Jim

Winter Finally Arrives In Massachusetts

 

Finally, wintry weather in Massachusetts. It has been a busy week checking  camera trap sets that are monitoring beaver lodges, only one beaver pond had enough ice to support a coyote or bobcat  ( cover pic). Although the temperatures are going to get above freezing next week, hopefully the ice will stay. Last week, two camera trap sets on log bridges captured bobcats crossing during the night. I will start keeping track of the number of bobcats that trigger trail cameras this winter. Tomorrow morning, I head out on my first tracking adventure of the year. Certainly, will be a bit challenging with a foot of snow.

Jim