Fisher - Unique Daytime Capture

 

It was a good week tracking in central Massachusetts with one trail camera videoing something quite unique. Last week while tracking a male fisher the trail took me to five different dig sites. Dig sites are where a fisher will dig into stumps , ground or standing rotten trees foraging for rodents and insects. The last dig site was in an ideal location to set up a trail camera. It was a long shot hoping that a fisher would return to work the tree. I got lucky !  https://youtu.be/Eg1kzU_0LfE

I was hoping to find a bobcat track earlier in the week. Checking several  different locations resulted in no tracks. While checking trail cameras mid-week, I did cut a bobcat track. A quick SD card swapped out and I was off tracking the bobcat track. It wasn’t long before locating a squat and dump imprint in the snow. The bobcat followed the edge of a pond before heading to a ridge that led to a road. The cat “ Spritzed “ on log ends as it traveled through the thick stand of hemlock saplings. The trail ended at a culvert with porcupine tracks leading into it. Not sure if the bobcat jumped to the road or back tracked a short distance and stayed on the porcupine trail. It was time for me to end the trail. I got a new pic to add to my bobcat tracking library.

Jim

Picture - Bobcat crouched and left a deposit. Very much as a cat in a litter box.

Fisher Tracking - Unique Camera Trapping Set

 

The inch of snow Massachusetts received  earlier in the week was just enough to provide decent tracking conditions. That along with locating a fisher track early on made for an eventful few mornings tracking  I was able to follow the fisher tracks just over four miles and was never more than a half mile from my starting point. The fisher trail wound through hemlock swamps and places that had downed trees. https://youtu.be/zZJLl9iaEBw

 

Finding this unique location in 2018 and setting up a trail camera has produced incredible videos over the years. The first few years had special tenants before a porcupine moved in. Then after that, bobcats visit the den monthly during the colder weather. https://youtu.be/Z_2VpIfXRc8

Massachusetts – Worcester County

Jim