Wild turkeys are pretty rare here, or at least have been for the past couple of decades. I have only seen one and that was back in the 1990's. A few weeks ago, my trail camera caught some turkeys walking around near my pond. Here's the video. The … [Read more...]

The neighborhood bobcat passed by again. This picture was taken about 30 minutes after a picture of my cat in the same spot. The bobcat passing by the Omlet Eglu chicken coop and run, which still seems to be … [Read more...]

We like to watch the sun set over Shell Creek every evening and then return home and close up the chickens in their coop for the night. Last night we showed up and Kailey the Cowdog suddenly alerted to a scent and took off across the yard. I was … [Read more...]

Early last night at least one coyote was around our game camera for about 10 minutes. It showed up at 8:11 pm. Still around at 8:21 pm. And completely unaware of the camera, it seems. Some of the pictures … [Read more...]

I walked by my trail camera a week or so ago and noticed it was down by the base of the tree, not strapped to it at knee height where I had left it. I wondered how it could slide down the trunk of a pine tree, then noticed the face of it was cracked … [Read more...]

I got 16 new bobcat photos on the trail camera over the past few nights. The bobcat continues to seem completely unaware of the camera and its infrared flash. UPDATE August … [Read more...]

I'm not sure if I keep seeing the same hawk or if more than one of them is trying to figure out how to break into our Eglu coop and have a chicken dinner. Either way, glad the coop and the run extension that I made seem … [Read more...]

The game camera got this shot of a red shouldered hawk yesterday afternoon. I'm still impressed that it can shoot pictures fast enough to get things like spread wings on landing. A closer look shows something furry, most likely a squirrel, … [Read more...]

The trail camera got a pretty cool black and white picture of an oak tree that was split in half by Hurricane Charlie but survived. … [Read more...]

The coyote showed up again, wandering past my Japanese persimmon tree. The streak of light is likely an insect flying near the camera and lit up by the flash. … [Read more...]