Massachusetts fisher scent post
activity has slowed down in April. In this video I have summarized this year’s Fisher highlights. Included
are several fisher behaviors that were learned by me camera trapping. Last
winter tracking a fisher, two active scent posts were located sixty feet apart.
I identified them as a “ Primary” & “Secondary “ scent post. I didn’t
think the two scent posts being in such close proximity of each other would stay
active. The graphs at the end of the video show the activity.
It has been
another good week hiking in the Massachusetts woods. While kneeling to change
out SD cards , I looked across the small beaver pond and a bear was foraging
along the shoreline. I tried to video it with my GoPro camera, but it was to
far away. It was interesting watching the bear as it foraged for food, then
stopping dead in its tracks when locating a bear scent tree. It stood up , turned
with its back against the tree and started doing what I call the “ The Bear Jig.”
This consists of deep knee bends and rubbing its back up and down the tree. It
did this for three or four minutes, then laying at the base of the tree. I
guess this might have been to rest after the vigorous rubbing activity. After a
few minutes’ resting, the bear moved on as it continued to search for food. Watching
the bear scent marking was interesting and the bear identified a scent marking
tree. A trail camera was set and hopefully more bears will leave there scent
travelling through the area. Stay tuned.
Fisher scent
post activity has slowed down; however, a male fisher has freshened the scent
post twice in April. I’ll leave TC’s for the month.
Bear
activity continues to increase. The first sow of the Spring with three yearlings
passed by a camera trap in the cover of darkness. The video is what I call an
evidence vid, it’s low light and doesn’t make for a good show and tell.
The biggest
bear so far this year ( cover pic) has triggered the same trail camera five
times over three weeks. All have been at night. It’s a beautiful big bear, I hope
I’m lucky enough to have him pass the TC during the day.
I did get
out in my kayak this week with a camera in hopes to get a few pics of migratory
ducks. Nothing yet !
Jim
