Wildlife, living next to nature - Page 100

Griff · 05-29-2020, 11:54 AM

Switch to Infra-Red?

Carruthers · 05-29-2020, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

I sometimes wonder about the effects of the flash on the critters, wild and domestic, caught on my trail cam.
This kit was quite close and probably had dilated eyes at the time the camera triggered.
Any worries in the discussions of the hobby?

I must confess to being a little puzzled.
Are you saying that your trail cam has a conventional flash?

My cam will work during the day but it doesn't have a flash facility.
At night it works in infra red mode so the fox cub above wasn't illuminated by a flash.

The above arrangement seems to be the standard system on trail cams but I will willingly stand corrected.

Diaphone Jim · 05-29-2020, 05:49 PM

Boy howdy, does my cam have a flash. That is why I am concerned.
It lights up the whole yard and will illuminate objects 100 feet or more away, even more for reflective things.
Sometimes it will get me good when I am not paying attention.

Diaphone Jim · 06-20-2020, 06:29 PM

You got me on that one.
I watched the guy in the bear suit put up with the profane family four times hoping something different would happen.

monster · 06-20-2020, 07:13 PM

This morning's 8am socially-distanced 5K with a few friends had to take a little detour around wannabe-mama-turtle

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monster · 06-20-2020, 07:21 PM

... one of said friends is a volunteer turtle-counter and called it in (this is the middle of the busiest trail in the busiest park on the busiest day of the year.....) ...Herpologist visited and reported turtle struggling, no eggs yet, seemed stuck in place daunted by all the traffic, sluggish and has an old crack in the shell, may not be in the best of health. They moved it to the side under the bushes in the hope that it would either give up and relocate to a safer place or try again at dawn before the traffic returns.

monster · 06-20-2020, 08:35 PM

And there was this, yesterday evening.

I was sat out in the hot afternoon stillness, reading, chilling in my firepit area under the trees at the end of the yard.... Suddenly, there was a "kerthunk" and a tree behind me shook, Bollywood sex-scene-style.

Then a squirrel darted up the trunk, went out on the first branch and.....

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Gravdigr · 06-21-2020, 12:48 PM

It always makes me smile when I see squrls lazing around in that pose.

glatt · 06-21-2020, 01:42 PM

We have been watching a couple of parent catbirds raising their chicks that hatched two weeks ago in our rose bush. Right next to our garbage cans, about a yard off the ground. They started off really kind of gross looking, but now their feathers have really come in. And they look pretty damn cute.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-10-2020, 12:12 AM

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Well whatayaknow...

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xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2020, 08:16 PM

Insted of burning or burying all these dead deer biologists let nature take its course and studied how that happens.
Dead plants feed back into the system so it makes sense that animals do too. But we don't know exactly how.

Diaphone Jim · 07-12-2020, 02:15 PM

I have a spot on my little ranch, as remote as I can get, where I have left all dead animals including livestock (up to cow size) for almost 50 years.
They are not all still moldering and decomposing into the water table and have fed lots of birds and other critters.
It stinks some, but only for a while.
The spot is currently bare, clean, empty and waiting.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-12-2020, 11:56 PM

Do the critters carry off the bones?

Diaphone Jim · 07-13-2020, 02:34 PM

Pretty much all but the larger skulls.
A while back, before he figured to make a fortune growing wine grapes, a neighbor had what he called his "gut tree" in a back pasture.
It was really just a pit he would fill and re-dig elsewhere every few years.
Everyone could use it and it was simple, except that Turkey Vultures (buzzards) don't like to feed below grade because they can't spot predators as well as needing a runway to get in the air.
Turned in to just being a hole full of offal.
Another tale is when I had a big cow die of old age and I dragged out to my spot. Thinking I would help the vultures and crows and such get into the goodies in her belly, I turned her on her back with her legs in the air.
Usually the sharp-eyed vultures are on carcasses right now (enough so that we joke about not taking a nap in the open), but mamma cow just lay there for days, unattended.
I finally figured out that the cleanup crew was not interested in a four-poster bed and pulled her back on her side. Took about a half hour for the usual proceedings to start. It was a 28-bird feeder at one point.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-14-2020, 03:12 AM

No shit, they couldn't ID it as a carcass legs up? I guess that's not a normal fall down dead position.

05-29-2020, 11:54 AM	#1
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06-20-2020, 07:13 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	This morning's 8am socially-distanced 5K with a few friends had to take a little detour around wannabe-mama-turtle __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-20-2020, 07:21 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	... one of said friends is a volunteer turtle-counter and called it in (this is the middle of the busiest trail in the busiest park on the busiest day of the year.....) ...Herpologist visited and reported turtle struggling, no eggs yet, seemed stuck in place daunted by all the traffic, sluggish and has an old crack in the shell, may not be in the best of health. They moved it to the side under the bushes in the hope that it would either give up and relocate to a safer place or try again at dawn before the traffic returns. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-20-2020, 08:35 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	And there was this, yesterday evening. I was sat out in the hot afternoon stillness, reading, chilling in my firepit area under the trees at the end of the yard.... Suddenly, there was a "kerthunk" and a tree behind me shook, Bollywood sex-scene-style. Then a squirrel darted up the trunk, went out on the first branch and..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-21-2020, 12:48 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	It always makes me smile when I see squrls lazing around in that pose. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-29-2020, 05:49 PM	#3
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Boy howdy, does my cam have a flash. That is why I am concerned. It lights up the whole yard and will illuminate objects 100 feet or more away, even more for reflective things. Sometimes it will get me good when I am not paying attention.

06-20-2020, 06:29 PM	#4
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	You got me on that one. I watched the guy in the bear suit put up with the profane family four times hoping something different would happen.

06-21-2020, 01:42 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We have been watching a couple of parent catbirds raising their chicks that hatched two weeks ago in our rose bush. Right next to our garbage cans, about a yard off the ground. They started off really kind of gross looking, but now their feathers have really come in. And they look pretty damn cute.

07-10-2020, 12:12 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	... Well whatayaknow... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-11-2020, 08:16 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Insted of burning or burying all these dead deer biologists let nature take its course and studied how that happens. Dead plants feed back into the system so it makes sense that animals do too. But we don't know exactly how. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-12-2020, 02:15 PM	#12
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I have a spot on my little ranch, as remote as I can get, where I have left all dead animals including livestock (up to cow size) for almost 50 years. They are not all still moldering and decomposing into the water table and have fed lots of birds and other critters. It stinks some, but only for a while. The spot is currently bare, clean, empty and waiting.

07-12-2020, 11:56 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Do the critters carry off the bones? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-13-2020, 02:34 PM	#14
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Pretty much all but the larger skulls. A while back, before he figured to make a fortune growing wine grapes, a neighbor had what he called his "gut tree" in a back pasture. It was really just a pit he would fill and re-dig elsewhere every few years. Everyone could use it and it was simple, except that Turkey Vultures (buzzards) don't like to feed below grade because they can't spot predators as well as needing a runway to get in the air. Turned in to just being a hole full of offal. Another tale is when I had a big cow die of old age and I dragged out to my spot. Thinking I would help the vultures and crows and such get into the goodies in her belly, I turned her on her back with her legs in the air. Usually the sharp-eyed vultures are on carcasses right now (enough so that we joke about not taking a nap in the open), but mamma cow just lay there for days, unattended. I finally figured out that the cleanup crew was not interested in a four-poster bed and pulled her back on her side. Took about a half hour for the usual proceedings to start. It was a 28-bird feeder at one point.

07-14-2020, 03:12 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No shit, they couldn't ID it as a carcass legs up? I guess that's not a normal fall down dead position. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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