One in several million live videos I’ve ever seen! Quality of footage and the rarity of a beautiful species as the Ruffed Grouse especially here in Ohio is also astounding! That’s one video that would be very hard to beat ANYWHERE!
Stressless "Why do both Picture and Video captures ?" -> 153" Droptine harvest ... and more!
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We run a couple of feeders, it’s nice too sit and watch them come and go. They do get territorial around the feeders and you see which ones are the assholes
Gotcha the Eastern Hummers are very territorial - the ones we had when we lived in CO were much more 'sharing'
Learned something today - Hummers are omnivorous - had no Idea - I have this cam up full screen with sound while working on some bland work crap on the other screen - heard/saw this chap come in then quit feeding on nectar and go catch a bug in flight. First time I ever saw it - never heard about that.... I've got it on motion record so I was able to pull the vid... "well I'll be..."
Learned something today - Hummers are omnivorous - had no Idea - I have this cam up full screen with sound while working on some bland work crap on the other screen - heard/saw this chap come in then quit feeding on nectar and go catch a bug in flight. First time I ever saw it - never heard about that.... I've got it on motion record so I was able to pull the vid... "well I'll be..."
@Stressless I've seen them chase with mixed results, the cardinals we have around here on the other hand…. They’re very accurate and catch way more then they lose from my witnessing…..
I love big bucks and fat does but the youngsters always make me smile.
Got a pretty nice collection of bobcats off Greenbrier - soil was worse than I thought but fixable...
... Anyway - I think this is the result of the pair of bobcats I captured earlier this year. In that cats don't usually carry prey around unless they have a someone else to feed... this is the same area a successful litter happened in '17.
..a and a little hard to see but I'm 90% that's a adult and semi grown kitten bobcat...
... Anyway - I think this is the result of the pair of bobcats I captured earlier this year. In that cats don't usually carry prey around unless they have a someone else to feed... this is the same area a successful litter happened in '17.
..a and a little hard to see but I'm 90% that's a adult and semi grown kitten bobcat...
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Depending on if'n they measure a inch when hard horned Dutton turned into a 12 pt...
Hurricanes and wildlife - beamed into the farm a saw a critter that I am very familiar with down here but don't recall in my decades in TOO.
The only logical thing I can guess - besides he's eating my fish - is that he's blown way outa his home range.
I'm assuming it's a fairly rare sighting but regardless it's first of it's species on the farm.
Did some more research and it
- Slender, long-necked with a straight, pointy bill, wearing a snazzy jacket = Anhinga.
- Shorter necked , hooked, curved and orange bill, wearing basic black = Cormorant!
If you would like to learn more about these birds visit:
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology – All About Birders: Anhinga
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology – All About Birders: Double-crested Cormorant
Thanks @Big_Holla you're spot on it's a Double-crested Cormorant
The only logical thing I can guess - besides he's eating my fish - is that he's blown way outa his home range.
I'm assuming it's a fairly rare sighting but regardless it's first of it's species on the farm.
Did some more research and it
- Slender, long-necked with a straight, pointy bill, wearing a snazzy jacket = Anhinga.
- Shorter necked , hooked, curved and orange bill, wearing basic black = Cormorant!
If you would like to learn more about these birds visit:
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology – All About Birders: Anhinga
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology – All About Birders: Double-crested Cormorant
Thanks @Big_Holla you're spot on it's a Double-crested Cormorant
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Big_Holla
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Grapevine per Jeff Sturgis "Mock Licking Branch" method - installed yesterday afternoon, UTV, me no pee no additional scent just hanging on a rope between two trees - less than 24 hours a parade of WTD... and Dutton - just magnificent for dumb cracker like me!
Big_Holla
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Grape vines are great for those mock scrapes. One thing I noticed this year though, vines I hung 2 years ago were not getting used. All the one's from last year and this year had activity. That's not to say they weren't sniffing them and maybe licking them but there wasn't scrape activity below. And there was scrape activity over under a natural branch a few feet away.
Sgt Fury
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Maybe they are dried out and don’t hold the scent as well?
Big_Holla
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That is exactly what I am thinking, all dried out now. Only been doing it a lot the last 2 years so I'm thinking there is something to it. A freshly cut vine will drip for a long time and as the sap dries it kind of crystalizes on the ends. I thought maybe that was part of the attraction the first year but they continued to use most the second season.
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@brock ratcliff - here's Cosmo coming into a vine a couple days ago, put a stand up in mid Sep and the vine. Pinchpoint.
I just love the moment of inattention this gives you if your in the stand 20 yards away...
Figured I throw Dutton up as well ...
I just love the moment of inattention this gives you if your in the stand 20 yards away...
Figured I throw Dutton up as well ...
Was texting our loose group of hunting companions after my Sunday call to mom. Beamed into camp and sent a snap and a memory, as the cypress are just showing off today, then two does come out and my guess, one is being tended by Peterman. Took a couple screen snaps. One will prolly go in the camp fridge.
One of the better campcams.
One of the better campcams.
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