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Trail Cameras Again
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Pertinacious Tom
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I hadn't checked my camera in a couple of weeks but yesterday evening Starr alerted on a scent like I have never seen before so I went to see if the camera caught what she smelled. It did. Coyote in daylight. Also got some bobcat shots in daylight and an interesting night video sequence involving the bobcat and a bunny, who looked surprised. Lots of editing to do but that can happen when it's too hot to be outside.
Pertinacious Tom
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Director's notes:
In the background of the opening picture of the coyote you can see my boatport on the left and the roof of my office on the right. The camera is in the bottom of the yard, next to the swamp.
The pic at 14 seconds is a very rare one showing at least two coyotes. You hear about "packs of coyotes" but my camera almost always sees individuals.
The bobcat wandering through the yard at 8:15 pm might be aware that the half hour before sunset my dog and I are never in the yard because we're always down at the creek.
I can't believe the bobcat walked up and sat right in front of the camera, then walked by 5 minutes later holding a bunny. Maybe I'm imagining it, but that bunny looks surprised to me.
It's pretty bold for the coyote to be in the yard at 8:15 in the morning. I'm often outside and both dogs are too at that hour.
In the last video sequence, the coyote is headed directly toward my lychee trees at 7:02 pm, then there's a pic of me driving by at 7:27. I was going for an afternoon lychee snack and Starr went nuts sniffing all around with every hair on her back standing straight up. Reminded me that it was time to check the camera.
Pertinacious Tom
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Not a great pic but this one is kind of unusual too. It's a marsh rabbit.
I get endless pics of bunnies and squirrels and armadillos and such but all of the bunnies are ordinary cottontails. Marsh rabbits are darker in color, have shorter ears, have a brown tail, and swim well, especially when pursuing politicians. I see them down by the creek all the time and I knew lots of them must live in my swamp but I haven't seen or photographed one in the yard before.
I get endless pics of bunnies and squirrels and armadillos and such but all of the bunnies are ordinary cottontails. Marsh rabbits are darker in color, have shorter ears, have a brown tail, and swim well, especially when pursuing politicians. I see them down by the creek all the time and I knew lots of them must live in my swamp but I haven't seen or photographed one in the yard before.
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Already mentioned in the dog thread because Starr first alerted me to them, I have a family of wild turkeys hanging around the past few days. My experience with wild turkeys is that you almost never see them and when you do, it's briefly and from a distance as they disappear.
These turkeys are not afraid of me at all. I follow them around and as long as I stay 50 feet away or so, they could care less what I do. Yesterday I blasted right by them in my cart on the way to the mail box and they just stood there. On my way back a couple of minutes later, I approached slowly to see what they would do. The whole family (two adult hens and 5 youngsters) climbed up on top of a mulch pile right in front of me.
They had disappeared into that tall grass and chose to show themselves to me and watch me from the mulch pile. It's hard to tell but there are two adults and three little ones on the right and one on the left side of the pic. Not sure where the other one was when I took this pic but they were all up there on top at one point.
These turkeys are not afraid of me at all. I follow them around and as long as I stay 50 feet away or so, they could care less what I do. Yesterday I blasted right by them in my cart on the way to the mail box and they just stood there. On my way back a couple of minutes later, I approached slowly to see what they would do. The whole family (two adult hens and 5 youngsters) climbed up on top of a mulch pile right in front of me.
They had disappeared into that tall grass and chose to show themselves to me and watch me from the mulch pile. It's hard to tell but there are two adults and three little ones on the right and one on the left side of the pic. Not sure where the other one was when I took this pic but they were all up there on top at one point.
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Lightning strike on a dead pine Saturday morning at 5 AM. Bits of tree blown over 50 feet. 200 yard shooting bench is safe. Took the picture from under the house.
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Were you nearby at the time?
When I was a kid, I would occasionally go rabbit hunting in the cane fields west of Miami with my uncle and our beagles. It was predominantly "swamp" rabbits, which he would never shoot. He only wanted cotton tails. We have mostly cotton tails up here, but occasionally a swamp rabbit shows up.Not a great pic but this one is kind of unusual too. It's a marsh rabbit.
I get endless pics of bunnies and squirrels and armadillos and such but all of the bunnies are ordinary cottontails. Marsh rabbits are darker in color, have shorter ears, have a brown tail, and swim well, especially when pursuing politicians. I see them down by the creek all the time and I knew lots of them must live in my swamp but I haven't seen or photographed one in the yard before.
I have about 800 acres of woods next to the house (where people like to dump pets they don't want anymore). Lots of turkey and deer, but they are very skittish as people hunt them pretty heavily out there. There is a "rails to trails" a couple of miles away where the turkey and deer don't really mind people on bicycles much.Already mentioned in the dog thread because Starr first alerted me to them, I have a family of wild turkeys hanging around the past few days. My experience with wild turkeys is that you almost never see them and when you do, it's briefly and from a distance as they disappear.
These turkeys are not afraid of me at all. I follow them around and as long as I stay 50 feet away or so, they could care less what I do. Yesterday I blasted right by them in my cart on the way to the mail box and they just stood there. On my way back a couple of minutes later, I approached slowly to see what they would do. The whole family (two adult hens and 5 youngsters) climbed up on top of a mulch pile right in front of me.
They had disappeared into that tall grass and chose to show themselves to me and watch me from the mulch pile. It's hard to tell but there are two adults and three little ones on the right and one on the left side of the pic. Not sure where the other one was when I took this pic but they were all up there on top at one point.
This is a turkey that would visit my bird feeder until the dog (that someone dumped in the woods when she was 6 months old) figured it out and went on patrol. Wild turkeys are her favorite thing to chase.
Proneshooter
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I was in bed about 60 feet away talking myself into getting up even though it was raining. I had plans to do some bush hog work. Shook the house and lit it up pretty good.
Steam Flyer
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?? You mean nutria? They are spreading up here, becoming a pest. State has not put a bounty on them yet so nobody bothers with them.
Snaggletooth
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No, hese talkleng aboute the marsh rabbittes licke what Tom poested aboute in poeste #424
Steam Flyer
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I don't see Tom's posts any more, I must have hurt his feelings or something. The posts skip from 421 to 426 for me.
Snaggletooth
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OK, that mackes sense....
dolphinmaster
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Thats like calling a Marsh Tacky a Donkey.
Steam Flyer
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Now, who are you calling "tacky"??
Pertinacious Tom
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Other than the swamp rabbits being a bit smaller, was there any reason? I've only eaten cottontails but figured a swamp rabbit would be the same.
dolphinmaster
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Thanks, that is better than what I found by googling it.
Uncle Clarence said the swamp rabbits had "the fever" if I remember correctly, and he would only hunt the cotton tails during the cool (for south Florida) months...sort of like oysters. He was a true Florida outdoor sort of guy. His beagle went everywhere with him and our "city" beagle enjoyed going hunting with him. He liked beagles because they were pretty slow and the deer would run just fast enough to stay ahead of them, and sort of circle back. He could scull a boat better than anyone I have ever seen. Great at finding snapper holes also.
