Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I guess it was boring last time but I'm still interested. My 2013 camera died a couple of years ago. We got some chickens and it renewed my interest in what kinds of critters might be wandering around in the yard. I got the new version of my old one and it's better. The old one made panoramic shots but did it by rotating a single camera on a somewhat noisy carriage. This one has three cameras. The old one had a red flash that was very visible to a human. I could not detect the flash on this one. Image quality is better. It got a daylight shot of me putting mulch on a Persimmon tree. Our grey tabby came by about 8:30 last night and again about 5:30 this morning. There was a coon around 2 am, shown in the lower left. What's that light? I don't know. My neighbor Rick lives in that direction but the daylight shot shows how well you can see his house. The weird part is that the pic above was taken right after this one: Da fuck??? I can't explain it. Maybe coons have started carrying headlamps? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 I still can't figure out those lights but the new camera has been fun. I have it set on "zero" delay, which means it will shoot pictures as fast as it can as long as something is moving in front of the relevant camera. It doesn't seem to do well at switching to the next camera when something passes in front of all three, but does do it sometimes. I have gotten pics of me, my neighbors, my cats, coons, possums, mysterious shining eyes, and lots and lots of pics of Super Squirrel, who is quite a character and apparently lives near the camera. Launch pic. At least, I had a squirrel living near the camera. That may have come to an end around 4 yesterday. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F_L 125 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Nice looking pics. I need to upgrade cameras. I have a POS camera I put up last year to see what was stalking the chicken run. Also got pics of foxes, possum, armadillo, and a rat. I worked hard to harden the chicken run and haven't lost a bird yet. Had a close call with a hawk. We let the chickens out when we can and I heard the rooster raising hell. I turned around in time to see Moe (our first rooster, the mean SOB) chasing the hens into the coop. Once the hens were safe he faced off with a hawk that was sitting in a tree about 20'away. Then hawk decided there was an easier meal somewhere else. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Wow I knew roosters were tough but a hawk? We have lots of hawks. They're the main reason we want to keep the chickens enclosed. Other predators aren't much of a daytime threat due to the dogs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F_L 125 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 A mean rooster like Moe will die trying to protect his flock. I was worried about the hawk but haven't seen it since. Our birds have a 12' X 18' enclosure. We let them out every evening for some free range time. They really love their free time. I'm sure someday we will lose a bird and that will suck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Got several more hawk pictures, a couple on the ground right near the camera. Even though it's fuzzy, this one is my favorite. Took a second and some zooming in to figure out what I was seeing. That's it for that snake. I wonder what kind it was? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hermetic 305 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 tom - what do you use to pull pics from the sd card? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 11 hours ago, hermetic said: tom - what do you use to pull pics from the sd card? I just stick the card into the little slot on my 2011 iMac. Not sure why but it won't let me delete the pics off the card using my computer so I have to put the card back into the camera and then delete. It's taking about a hundred pics a day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Got another shot of a weird light where there can't possibly be a light. I'm starting to think they're flash artifacts of some kind. Hawk shots: . . . And another action shot. I'm pretty sure that rabbit didn't stay there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USA 007 161 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 On a Mac you have to delete the item and empty the trash to make it go away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROADKILL666 533 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 6:53 AM, Importunate Tom said: Got several more hawk pictures, a couple on the ground right near the camera. Even though it's fuzzy, this one is my favorite. Took a second and some zooming in to figure out what I was seeing. That's it for that snake. I wonder what kind it was? Looks like a eastern diamond back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sailingk8 113 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Thanks for the entertainment. I was watching three pairs of osprey fish off the beach yesterday. Wind was kicking their asses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Khetanna 1 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I love using trail cameras. I'm over in England and recently managed to get some pictures of a badger and a group of deer wandering through my garden. Really nice shots, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 5 hours ago, ROADKILL666 said: Looks like a eastern diamond back I kind of thought that too. The only thing likely to be that color, length and girth. There are lots of gopher tortoises here and rattlesnakes like to share holes with them. I have seen them, but rarely. The last time was maybe ten years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Hmm... I think it's a bobcat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 About 20 minutes before that photo was taken, my gray tabby passed in the same spot going the opposite direction. I cropped the picture to the same size as the zoomed one above, preserving the same resolution and scale. To do that, I cut off his tail and cut the cabbage palm trunk out of the pic. It's just to the left but you can sorta see the same trees beyond. He's about 15 pounds, so pretty good sized for a house cat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Resized original of my kitty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F_L 125 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Damn Tom, have you seen your kitty this morning? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 4 hours ago, F_L said: Damn Tom, have you seen your kitty this morning? Yes, that happened a couple of nights ago but I just checked the camera this morning. He's fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F_L 125 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Glad the cat is OK. You do have some some interesting critters. That big cat could be a cougar. From another website on cougar vs bocat. Their size distinction is clearly recognizable in their tails, as the cougar can have a 2.5- to 3.5-foot tail, while the bobcat has just a 6-inch tail. The bobcat is named for its short tail, which appears bobbed. In your pic part of the tail is behind the tree but I think I see part of the tail up high. Either way cool pic. I saw a cougar in the wild while hunting a few years ago. Quite thrilling until walking back after sunset the same direction the cat was going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Lots of opinions on what kind of cat that is. I still think it's a bobcat and a big one. My wife had an interesting thought. Paste the housecat pic onto the other one and then delete everything but the kitty from that layer. This is what it looks like at about half the original sizes of the images. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 When coons take selfies. They usually pass on by, but... Investigation over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dfw_sailor 499 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 On 4/9/2019 at 6:08 AM, Importunate Tom said: I guess it was boring last time but I'm still interested. My 2013 camera died a couple of years ago. We got some chickens and it renewed my interest in what kinds of critters might be wandering around in the yard. I got the new version of my old one and it's better. The old one made panoramic shots but did it by rotating a single camera on a somewhat noisy carriage. This one has three cameras. The old one had a red flash that was very visible to a human. I could not detect the flash on this one. Image quality is better. It got a daylight shot of me putting mulch on a Persimmon tree. Our grey tabby came by about 8:30 last night and again about 5:30 this morning. There was a coon around 2 am, shown in the lower left. What's that light? I don't know. My neighbor Rick lives in that direction but the daylight shot shows how well you can see his house. The weird part is that the pic above was taken right after this one: Da fuck??? I can't explain it. Maybe coons have started carrying headlamps? Tom, that is most likely an insect / moth flying close to the lense, with infra red bounce back. We get it a lot on our work security cameras. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 2 hours ago, dfw_sailor said: Tom, that is most likely an insect / moth flying close to the lense, with infra red bounce back. We get it a lot on our work security cameras. That would explain some of the lights. Others must be something else but there can't be that many unexplained little flashlights wandering around out there at night so have to be the flash bouncing off something I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Well there's a clearer answer. That's a bobcat butt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dacapo 1,575 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 On 4/20/2019 at 6:33 PM, Importunate Tom said: Lots of opinions on what kind of cat that is. I still think it's a bobcat and a big one. My wife had an interesting thought. Paste the housecat pic onto the other one and then delete everything but the kitty from that layer. This is what it looks like at about half the original sizes of the images. the tail is too long for a bobcat and the head is off as well. Cougar...small one 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,176 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, dacapo said: the tail is too long for a bobcat and the head is off as well. Cougar...small one Caulle in DaWoodeye, hese the exsperte Cougarologiste! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, dacapo said: the tail is too long for a bobcat and the head is off as well. Cougar...small one Lots of people have said that but bobcat tails vary in length and do get as long as the one in the pic. I still think it's a bobcat and probably the one I got a pic of night before last. No question about that one. Panthers have dark ears. Bobcats have white tips. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dacapo 1,575 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 23 hours ago, Snaggletooth said: Caulle in DaWoodeye, hese the exsperte Cougarologiste! i was waiting for you're reply Snaggs ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 6 hours ago, dacapo said: On 4/25/2019 at 11:12 AM, Snaggletooth said: Caulle in DaWoodeye, hese the exsperte Cougarologiste! i was waiting for you're reply Snaggs ;-) Pretty sure we don't want to pursue what you call it when a Cougarologiste takes up with a bobcat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 The chickens have started living outside in their coop. At 2 am yesterday, my dogs started raising hell. The motion-activated spotlight near the coop lit up. I got up but saw nothing. Possibly related, half an hour later, this: and There are five more pics of the bobcat slowly strolling away so I'm now pretty sure that it can't see the flash nor hear the camera. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Borracho 2,628 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 A couger tail is oddly long. And thick with a brush at the end. No mistaking it. I call that a bobcat. When we had chickens in the wilderness it was the foxes. They sneak in without the dogs noticing. But worse they are smart. The chickens, of course, panic and leave the safety of the coop. A fox on one side of the pen scares the idiots to run against the opposite fence. A fox waiting there pulls their yummy bits thru the wire. Leaves rather a big mess. Dogs show up too late. Good fun but no eggs. Double fence works, but the supermarket does too.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, El Boracho said: A couger tail is oddly long. And thick with a brush at the end. No mistaking it. I call that a bobcat. When we had chickens in the wilderness it was the foxes. They sneak in without the dogs noticing. But worse they are smart. The chickens, of course, panic and leave the safety of the coop. A fox on one side of the pen scares the idiots to run against the opposite fence. A fox waiting there pulls their yummy bits thru the wire. Leaves rather a big mess. Dogs show up too late. Good fun but no eggs. Double fence works, but the supermarket does too.... I still have people on Facebook, including some I thought would know better, telling me it's a cougar. We call them panthers here. I just find it funny at this point. Our chickens spend the night inside their Eglu coop. Word on backyard chicken forums and FB groups is that no one has yet lost a chicken that was inside one of these to predation. It's double-layer rotomolded plastic bolted together on the inside. I'm pretty sure that bobcat could dismantle that box, but only if willing to do so under the glare of outdoor spots with dogs barking just inside a door. And me probably approaching quickly from the bedroom. So a really stupid bobcat that would not have long to live. I hope this one isn't that stupid. I like bobcats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 My cat seems to have caught himself a baby bunny. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Snaggletooth 5,176 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Coolle! What kinde of hawke is that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Red shouldered hawk. There are several in the area so I see and hear them all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheDragon 905 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 1:10 AM, Importunate Tom said: My cat seems to have caught himself a baby bunny. Or your cat has a kitten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 Yesterday afternoon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 My trail camera took about 1,500 pictures of that blade of grass yesterday. Scrolling through them all took a while. It looks like my cat was hunting for baby bunnies again. He didn't show up for dinner last night, apparently preferring free range, non-GMO bunnies. The property is pretty overrun with them at the moment so it works for me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pbd 262 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Importunate Tom said: My trail camera took about 1,500 pictures of that blade of grass yesterday. Scrolling through them all took a while. It looks like my cat was hunting for baby bunnies again. He didn't show up for dinner last night, apparently preferring free range, non-GMO bunnies. The property is pretty overrun with them at the moment so it works for me. I hope the hunter doesn’t become the hunted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrleft8 3,550 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 4/30/2019 at 4:23 AM, Importunate Tom said: The chickens have started living outside in their coop. At 2 am yesterday, my dogs started raising hell. The motion-activated spotlight near the coop lit up. I got up but saw nothing. Possibly related, half an hour later, this: and There are five more pics of the bobcat slowly strolling away so I'm now pretty sure that it can't see the flash nor hear the camera. That's no Bobcat. That there's yer Florida "Painter"..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 14 hours ago, pbd said: I hope the hunter doesn’t become the hunted. I think the other hunters have so many easier targets that they never get around to him. 13 hours ago, Mrleft8 said: That's no Bobcat. That there's yer Florida "Painter"..... If that's a painter where's his beer? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrleft8 3,550 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Importunate Tom said: I think the other hunters have so many easier targets that they never get around to him. If that's a painter where's his beer? In the cooler in the truck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fakenews 1,559 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 On 4/25/2019 at 10:58 AM, dacapo said: the tail is too long for a bobcat and the head is off as well. Cougar...small one Bobcat. Absent the tail you can tell by the long back legs and high butt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 Got several pics of that coon as it took a lap around the run looking for weaknesses. It didn't find any, as we still have four chickens. 2 pm is a weird time for a coon to be out foraging. I get shots of them at night most every night but very rarely in daylight. Especially when the temp in the shade is 90. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 The hawk is still trying to find a way into the chickens' home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Borracho 2,628 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 That looks quite secure. Your true test will be when the foxes show up. Maybe they will dig under the wire and extrude them thru the mesh? Our chickens run around the yard free day and night because the locals long ago ate all the predators (Philippines). I guess they sleep in a tree or somewhere. Lay their eggs on a pillow in a basket that wifey puts outside. Not even sure they're our chickens as they just kinda showed up. Kinda hilarious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, El Boracho said: That looks quite secure. Your true test will be when the foxes show up. Maybe they will dig under the wire and extrude them thru the mesh? Our chickens run around the yard free day and night because the locals long ago ate all the predators (Philippines). I guess they sleep in a tree or somewhere. Lay their eggs on a pillow in a basket that wifey puts outside. Not even sure they're our chickens as they just kinda showed up. Kinda hilarious. There's a wire skirt that lays flat on the ground, shown best in post 33 above. Foxes are here but rare and shy, almost never seen in daylight. The birds are in the coop at night, so probably safe from foxes. We do have Tegu lizards and Nile Monitors in this area. Both seem like critters that could dig/force their way under the edges. I'm not sure if rattlesnakes eat chickens but I'm pretty sure that was a big rattlesnake that the hawk was carrying away in post 6 above. I'd bet a snake could squeeze under. Not so sure it could eat a chicken because they're getting pretty big. I guess if one did, I'd probably capture a really fat snake that could not squeeze back out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snore 340 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 13 hours ago, Importunate Tom said: I guess if one did, I'd probably capture a really fat snake that could not squeeze back out. Being a proper red neck you would need to make the snake into a set of boots. Or at least boat shoes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DtM 694 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hey Tom, Maybe I missed it but what is the camera you have installed? Might do the same in the Blue Mountains (NSW Australia). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,176 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Snore said: Being a proper red neck ...... W What? Ist theire sucha thinge? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 hour ago, DtM said: Hey Tom, Maybe I missed it but what is the camera you have installed? Might do the same in the Blue Mountains (NSW Australia). I thought they did a pretty good job of stamping manufacturer and model onto the images along with info one might want to know like time, date, temperature and (for some reason) barometric pressure. It's a Moultrie 810. Has three cameras and can stitch together a panoramic photo from them if you want it to do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 This bobcat looks quite a bit smaller than the one captured previously by my trail camera. That PVC pipe in the background stands 18" tall and is noticeably taller than the cat. Looks smaller than the one posted last April and appears to have a shorter tail too. A cropped in view: The chicken coop is just out of the pic to the right, where the bobcat is headed. All present this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 Seems the bobcat is still in the area, along with a coyote. A couple more bobcat pics at the link. And I think this is a coyote. It's not any dog that I know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jocal505 265 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 5/29/2019 at 3:57 AM, Snaggletooth said: W What? Ist theire sucha thinge? (as a proper red-neck) Probably not, if the redneck does daily race-baiting in 2019. Tom Ray has a five-year record of race-baiting on PA. He uses a half-dozen approaches to it. Other red-necks may be okay, depending, but this crosses the line, IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jocal505 265 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Yo dogballs, you are changing the ecology, while acting in ignorance. Consult your local game control officer for an education, before you lose a dog. Seriously. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 5 hours ago, jocal505 said: Probably not, if the redneck does daily race-baiting in 2019. Tom Ray has a five-year record of race-baiting on PA. He uses a half-dozen approaches to it. Other red-necks may be okay, depending, but this crosses the line, IMO. No, there's only one approach, quoting jocal, and I keep it in Political Anarchy. 5 hours ago, jocal505 said: Yo dogballs, you are changing the ecology, while acting in ignorance. Consult your local game control officer for an education, before you lose a dog. Seriously. Yo, Joe, go back to PA with your bullshit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 I moved the camera over to the tree closest to the bobcat's last appearance. Yes, I moved it FROM the one on the right. Oh well. The coyote came back by too. And looks like it's about to walk right by the tree from which I moved the camera. Oh well again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DA-WOODY 1,282 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Question: I have a few year old trail cam, looking for 1 or 2 more What is the standard theses days ? What I want is (1) fastest time to wake up and start video/pix (2) non visible IR light (3) less than arn & leg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DtM 694 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Like boats, you can have two of the three. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 2 hours ago, DA-WOODY said: Question: I have a few year old trail cam, looking for 1 or 2 more What is the standard theses days ? What I want is (1) fastest time to wake up and start video/pix (2) non visible IR light (3) less than arn & leg My knowledge is probably too dated to answer. I looked on some hunting forums and such several years ago when I bought the previous one and decided Moultrie was a reasonably well-liked brand and I liked the panoramic ability. They were the only company I found with a panoramic one. When I wanted a new one, I just found the one they're selling now, which is way better than the old one. It has three cameras and can stitch together a panoramic photo but I don't use that often. I just like having three cameras in one, pointing three directions. I hit the start button and walk away and it seems to take pics pretty quickly so I get a few of my butt. I have it set to keep shooting as fast as possible when it detects motion. This results in lots of junk pics but I got four of the bobcat and three of the coyote in the last round. With the default 10 second delay they'd be gone with two pics at most. The crappy ones out at the edges of the flash. The new flash isn't visible to humans and I haven't seen animals react to it. I don't recall exactly what it cost but it seems like pretty cheap entertainment to me. I'd like to scatter more of them around the property but deleting a hundred or so images per day from one camera does get old at times. Not so sure I want more of it that bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jocal505 265 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 7/8/2019 at 1:59 PM, Importunate Tom said: No, there's only one approach, quoting jocal, and I keep it in Political Anarchy. Yo, Joe, go back to PA with your bullshit. Hi, Tom Ray. Good Morning. Do you deny five years of steady racebaiting? Do you deny being a PIA with a pattern of daily racebaiting, in June? Why do you want the race-baiting segregated to Political Anarchy? Why not sustain it on GA for five years? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Butterfly Sex? And a few more. I guess that's what's going on. The coyote was back again. I think dfw sailor is right in guessing that the streak of light is an insect passing close to the flash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stumblingthunder 579 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 12:26 AM, QBF said: That is one chill skunk ape! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/trail-floridas-bigfoot-skunk-ape-180949981/ - Stumbling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 160 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Talking about trails, found this one dead. The dingoes will have to be sacked, they should have zeroed in on a sick one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 No bobcat the last couple of days but the coyote was back, along with some other regular visitors With the noise and visible red flash of my previous camera, the second picture would always show the animal looking straight at the camera. Not any more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A guy in the Chesapeake 1,679 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/8/2019 at 5:26 PM, QBF said: Dad??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 I usually get lots of daylight pictures of rabbits and squirrels but the first pictures taken yesterday were night shots of the coyote wandering past my Japanese persimmon tree. On 7/13/2019 at 8:14 AM, Importunate Tom said: I think dfw sailor is right in guessing that the streak of light is an insect passing close to the flash. This one makes that more clear as you can see that the streak of light is between the camera and the tree, a distance of maybe 20 feet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 160 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 After the wallaby that died upthread, this one has been hanging around. Took this one this morning while having coffee. Red-necked Wallaby. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, random said: Red-necked Wallaby. Bubba! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 160 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 2 hours ago, justsomeguy! said: Bubba! Yes a young one but that's about the size they are around here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 Nice DangOl Wallaby, random. I've had no luck getting critter pics near the pond or near our chickens lately so moved my camera out to the driveway. No critters there either in the past 24 hours but it did get a kind of artsy fartsy black and white pic of one of my favorite oak trees. This tree on the left was torn in half by Hurricane Charlie but survived and I've been trying to train it to grow in a fan shape from the two downed trunks ever since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 One of the neighborhood squirrels has learned where I hang bananas after I cut them from the tree and is bold enough to brave the cats and dogs to steal them. I hope it was this one: At least, I think that's a squirrel under the hawk. There's something furry and that looks like a squirrel tail on the right side of the bird. A cropped in view: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 The hawk is still looking for that chicken dinner. And the bobcat is looking for that late night chicken snack. Fortunately, they haven't figured out a way into the coop. And Libby continues to torment gopher tortoises. The strange part is, the camera caught another pic almost identical to the one below an hour later. My guess is that she got distracted and it escaped and did not quite get back home before she found it again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 160 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Tom, try linking smaller files, they take fucking ages to load here. Cold westerlies will always have the wildlife on an east facing slop in the early morning, before they hide for the day. No trail cameras required. When the days start getting longer the Roos get frisky! You don't want one of those grabbing you from behind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 2 hours ago, random said: Tom, try linking smaller files, they take fucking ages to load here. Those are straight from the camera, about 1 to 2.5 Mb. I used to crop, resize, and compress such things but figured I have about the slowest internet around and it's not too bad for me so must be much better for everyone else. I guess not? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 160 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 25 minutes ago, Repastinate Tom said: Those are straight from the camera, about 1 to 2.5 Mb. I used to crop, resize, and compress such things but figured I have about the slowest internet around and it's not too bad for me so must be much better for everyone else. I guess not? Are they embedded or linked? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, random said: Are they embedded or linked? The answer is kinda "yes." https://www.tropicalboating.com/2019/08/a-hawk-a-bobcat-and-a-naughty-dog Thumbnails appear in my blog and are linked to the original file I uploaded. I could make that file a lot smaller instead of just using it straight out of the camera. I used to do that, as a check on file sizes earlier in this thread will show. I just figured 2.5 Mb isn't that big any more so quit bothering with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 160 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 It's the delay from the server then. Sometimes it's busy and feeds slow for the images. Low priority. Other times it loads immediately. It's your website. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fat Point Jack 291 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Mine loads quick, but then I am way closer to Tom than most of you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 17 minutes ago, Fat Point Jack said: Mine loads quick, but then I am way closer to Tom than most of you. I think the server is actually in Nebraska or someplace. 3 hours ago, random said: It's the delay from the server then. Sometimes it's busy and feeds slow for the images. Low priority. Other times it loads immediately. It's your website. Could be. My wife is a web designer and puts my sites on a bit of the space she has for her paying customers. Since they're paying and I'm playing, I hope they are somehow prioritized. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 160 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 20 hours ago, Repastinate Tom said: My wife is a web designer and puts my sites on a bit of the space she has for her paying customers. That's a bit sly Tom. 'Vampiring' from her customers without their knowledge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 11 hours ago, random said: That's a bit sly Tom. 'Vampiring' from her customers without their knowledge. Well, no, she rents a shitton of server space and rents some out. If I use some of the rest, that has no effect on her customers. She also uses some of the rest, which also has no effect on customers. They pay for hosting and get it and what happens to the rest of the space that they're not paying for is none of their business. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pertinacious Tom 1,930 Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 I got 16 new pics of the bobcat in the past few nights. I'll only slow random's browser down with what I think is the best one: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DtM 694 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Great shot Tom. He/she seems very comfortable in your backyard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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