Wildlife Camera Catches

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For those who have never hunted in South Texas, they sometimes post motion detector cameras at feeders/tanks to see what is going on. Check out this sequence at water tank.

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Yes, the last one is probably what you think it is. Don't make it political. It's just what the camera happen to catch just as it did any other critter that wondered into it's view. But, ya gotta admit seeing the wildlife in their natural habitat is rather neat.
 
KennyFlys said:
Yes, the last one is probably what you think it is. Don't make it political. It's just what the camera happen to catch just as it did any other critter that wondered into it's view. But, ya gotta admit seeing the wildlife in their natural habitat is rather neat.
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Then why would you even post that last one ? Posting it sure shows some poor judgment on your part, you know where it will lead.

The rest of the pictures sure are neat.
 
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If you can't observe without comment, you're the one in error. Not I.
 
No, I posted it because it was part of the reality of what a camera photographed. Animals are not the only thing wondering around such places. It could just as easily had been hunters being photographed.
 
I thought it WAS hunters.
 
Graueradler said:
What are tha animals in the two pictures between the owl and the fox?
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Not sure myself.

The pig-like critters two pics later are javelinas. Dr. Dave has lots of those as neighbors.

woodstock said:
I didn't know there was such a range of wild animals in TX.
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Really?

We got us a mess of critters, and because there are so many different climate zones, ranging from the semi-tropical and very wet southeast, to the arid desert west, they cross a broad spectrum.

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And, as for the sniping about the inclusion of the last picture, you may look and you may draw your own conclusions regarding who they are, why they are there, whether they should be there and whether they will be infected with water-borne diseases, but before casting stones at others for simply including the picture, perhaps one might be gently reminded that glass houses shatter easily.

As for me, after careful examination, I find no nail holes in my hands, and I have determined conclusively that I ain't perfect.
 
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KennyFlys said:
For those who have never hunted in South Texas, they sometimes post motion detector cameras at feeders/tanks to see what is going on. Check out this sequence at water tank.

Yes, the last one is probably what you think it is. Don't make it political. It's just what the camera happen to catch just as it did any other critter that wondered into it's view. But, ya gotta admit seeing the wildlife in their natural habitat is rather neat.
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Cool shots. Especially the last one. Thanks for posting. Send a copy
to the Minutemen so they can stake out the watering hole.
 
Also that last picture in the sequence, no big deal, There are 11-13 million spread out across the country. With the economy going the way it is I hear they're migrating back south to where the jobs are. We all would do the same thing if had to. Let's be thankful for what we have,notice they did'nt fly over the border.
 
First, we're not in SZ -- no politics, thank you.

Second, if you want to criticize someone (the person, not the post), please do it offline with either a personal communication or, if the post violates the Rules of Conduct, via a Bad Post report. No public sniping, please -- let's keep it polite.
 
I thought it was polite.Just an unbiased response to a previously posted subject. Truly no big deal as I said. But, as you will notice the last picture was purposely put in out of sequence,now that seemed political.Critters,wildlife, maybe not. Hopefully harmless observation. I do not consider my post political, so IMHO it falls in the aviation related or otherwise,and was quite civil from both perspectives,IMHO.:smile:
( Please notice I did put in that the subject's probably did not fly over so aviation was covered:blueplane:)
The snipe seemed to be the post possibly showing the less unfortunate than us trying to do what they have to,as we all would. Now that's where I'll leave it as I'm not going political.
 
Yep, thats what I thought it looked like, A Bob tailed Coatamundi, that tail's on some Texan's Dura-Max diesel pick um up truuck.:D
 
Graueradler said:
What are tha animals in the two pictures between the owl and the fox?
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Looks like an Ataska Wolverine to me.
The first picture is my favorite. We had a mountain lion that would hang out on a rock at the top of the hill on our property, she was gorgeous, and she was somewhat protected by my neighbors and self posting our places "No Hunting" (around 75,000 acres worth) and putting up with an occasional loss of a head of livestock.
 
Henning said:
Looks like an Ataska Wolverine to me.
The first picture is my favorite. We had a mountain lion that would hang out on a rock at the top of the hill on our property, she was gorgeous, and she was somewhat protected by my neighbors and self posting our places "No Hunting" (around 75,000 acres worth) and putting up with an occasional loss of a head of livestock.
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Four years ago fellow hunter nearby had a trail camera set up near Laurel Ridge. He had several pictures of a mountain lion passing by at night.

He forwarded to the PA Game Commission. Thier reply?

"There are no mountain lions in Pennsylvania."

But over the last few years there has been some re-thinking on this. The US Fish and Widlife Service is doing a more complete study: http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=171356
 
Yeah
My family saw a cougar/mountian lion in the U.P. of Michigan more than 50 years ago. I still remember looking over the back seat as a kid seeing it. The DNR told my Dad,"no you must have seen a Bobcat".
Absolutely no mistaking the size difference and the tail.
Today the DNR is finally saying there are some that wander in from out west.
Two years ago a couple of guy's saw one on the edge of the runway on 6Y9.
Fly-In campers beware:D
 
el con said:
Two years ago a couple of guy's saw one on the edge of the runway on 6Y9.
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The tower at MGW regularly announces "Use caution for coyotes / turkeys / deer on the runway."

If they don't move, the line guy drives a truck out to scare them off.

Saw a gorgeous coyote female and pup last year loping across the west edge grass while I taxied out.
 
Do you think that water container is constantly lit up by a light, or did a flash go off to get those night shots?
 
el con said:
I thought it was polite.Just an unbiased response to a previously posted subject. Truly no big deal as I said. But, as you will notice the last picture was purposely put in out of sequence,now that seemed political.Critters,wildlife, maybe not. Hopefully harmless observation. I do not consider my post political, so IMHO it falls in the aviation related or otherwise,and was quite civil from both perspectives,IMHO.:smile:
( Please notice I did put in that the subject's probably did not fly over so aviation was covered:blueplane:)
The snipe seemed to be the post possibly showing the less unfortunate than us trying to do what they have to,as we all would. Now that's where I'll leave it as I'm not going political.
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I was going to go back and number the photos according to the time stamp but I was being lazy. Look at the hour of my post. I was more interested in watching the end of a movie than affording great detail to the post.

As it was, I had to save them from an email from my student, individually title each one rather than leave it as "image", upload them to Photobucket then create the post. I was lazy and went right down the line as they were placed in the email.

Also, there was nothing in the email to make it political. It is what it is and it's all part of reality. If it upsets you, I and the subject of the photo are the wrong ones to blame.
 
If that's the way you intended it, all is well.
The pictures of the animals were great.
The last one, well , sign of the times,and reactions that make for interesting post reading.
If the post meant no harm, then I retract my comments, if not , they still stand.
Now ,was that a Coatimundi or a Ring tail, both with no tail??:rolleyes:
 
If it's a flash, then it has a very localized motion detector to trip it... I imagine if that flash went off in the dead of night when an animal approached, it would run away. And these animals are up to the tank and drinking from it. Either that, or they are used to the flash.

If it is a flash, I'd love to see them set it up to take another picture 1 second later--to see the reaction to the flash!
 
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If it is a flash, I'd love to see them set it up to take another picture 1 second later--to see the reaction to the flash!
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I've seen plenty of deer cam images in series with a herd that mills about. Apparently after the first or second experience the deer simply ignore the flash on susequent visits.
 
We put up a deer cam at my friend's cabin outside of Iron Mountain. We came back a couple of weeks later, and it was kinda busted up, and hanging by only one of the plastic hooks on the box. The roll was't fully exposed, but we took it in to get processed anyway. The last picture had what looked like the top of a black bear's head on it. We figured he snuck up to it, triggered the flash at close range and didn't take kindly to it :D
 
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