This Was A First !

 

This was a first for me, seeing a bear in a tree. . I wasn’t fast enough to take a pic before the yearling scurried down from the branches. The tree was along a hedge row about one hundred yards off the road. When the bear reached the ground it continued feeding with its Mon and another sibling, it was on a busy road so no opportunity top sit around and watch for very long. I was curious what type of tree it was so I returned early the next morning to check it out, it was a very large hickory tree loaded with nuts. What a find for the bears before they go into hibernation. If you’re hoping to see a bear follow the food.

Jim

Bobcat Walks Along Swollen Brook

 

The bobcat follows a swollen brook hunting. It’s raining and the water has raised considerably from just a few days ago. The pic is a video grab from a Browning trail camera that is mounted on a log, had the stream risen another few inches the trail camera would have been submerged. I need to be more mindful in the future

Jim

Casting Bear Tracks

 

It’s not  often I find a bear track in soft substrate. This week while hiking looking for tracks and scat I found bear tracks along with several other critters in a muddy area. In the last ten years I’ve located only four bear tracks worth the effort packing in casting material. Yesterday morning I headed out before dawn, hiking a mile or so to reach the area with bear, turkey and otter tracks. It was a bit chilly, thirty one degrees. My plan was to cast the most detailed bear tracks and go from there. I was able to cast four bear tracks and a turkey and otter foot.

Jim

TC's Seeing More Bobcats

 

My camera traps are starting to capture more bobcats. The bobcat in the picture has a beautiful coat. Typically Northeast bobcats have a dull yellowish coat with black markings. Wintertime the activity will pick up with them needing to travel further looking for food. It will be interesting to see if TC’s get another glimpse of the two kittens and possibly there mother al in one frame.

Jim

Critter Activity Picking Up

 

This camera trap location in Massachusetts has been extremely slow the past several months. I was actually going to pull several of the trail cameras this morning until I saw the increased activity and a very elusive catch. You’ll need to watch to the end. Bushnell and Browning cameras used. I did lighten up the Bushnell video. Camera traps are in close proximity of each other.

Jim

Bears Follow The Food

 

Bear activity has slowed considerably along my camera trap line. Bears follow the food!  Acorns, fruits hickory nuts are just a few of the bear foods that are ripening now  Several trail cameras have captured night time movement of Bull Moose in rut. I’m hoping an impressive bull moves by a camera in the daylight. One camera did video a new sow with three yearlings that I haven’t seen before. That’s now seven different sows with a total of twenty cubs that have been videoed in 2022.

Jim

Bobcat Kittens

 

This is a change from bears and moose! One of my camera traps caught glimpse of these two bobcat kittens a few weeks back. Unfortunately it was early dawn and you could barely see them. I was hoping they would pass by another camera trap. The bank beaver lodge the kittens are standing on is a under construction by the beavers. This lodge was built several years back. A year after being built some animal totally ruined the lodge by digging gaping holes into it. I assumed a bear did the damage. Not sure why, this summer beavers decided to repair the damage, I thought it would be an interesting place to set a trail camera.

Jim.