Friday, October 28, 2011

Happy Halloween - Wildlife Cam Style!

In previous years, I've noticed some marks on our Jack-O-Lanterns, and they've been moved around. I had my suspicions who the culprits might be. This year I put a couple of wildlife cams on the carved pumpkins. I also left the seeds inside the pumpkins, added a few other enticing household items, and didn't carve out the top to make it harder to get into. I got this video the second night out.


I don't think the culprits are surprising, but seeing the whole family was a treat.  



As a side note, you can see the white flash occasionally in the video, it is from a separate cam taking still shots.  The raccoons seem completely unperturbed by the light.  Here are some of the still shots (please ignore the time stamp month and time).  




4 comments:

  1. Little trouble makers. Yeah don't seem to care at all about the white flash. Outside of the occasional coyote I have found few that do.

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  2. Nicely done. Such opportunists. And very healthy looking, too.

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  3. Btw - next year you def need to put a vid cam inside a pumpkin looking out. :)

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  4. Great idea RT! Hm, it's not Halloween yet ;)

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