Camera trapping bobcats over the winter was a fun project. In addition to
bobcats investigating beaver lodges , coyotes were also frequent visitors. I
was able to pull a nice picture ( cover
pic - video grab) of an Eastern Coyote.
The lodge in the picture ended up attracting more wildlife over the
winter than any of the other five lodges.
Last week was the start of setting camera traps for emerging bears. With warm
temperatures in the forecast, no doubt bears will be on the move. Unfortunately,
the nicer weather also brings TICKS. I have already pulled them off my cloths.
Time to spray cloths with Permethrin .
The heavy rains sure are playing havoc setting and checking camera traps
around beaver ponds. I’ve added hip boots to my pack. I needed them last week
and with the heavy rain last night, surely will need them next week.
A bobcat has presented an interesting challenge for me. The cat is
using a downed tree in the outflow of a breached beaver dam as a staging
platform before jumping across turbulent water . A camera trap was set in efforts
to catch the bobcat airborne.
Jim
