I must have forgot about the warm front that was sliding through the area last night. That's the one with the thunder storms associated with it. Reached here between 10 and 11 PM and instead of marching through broadside and getting things over quickly, it came through end on like a column of army ants. Every fifteen minutes or so another boomer would approach from the southwest, produce a sound and light show, dump some rain and head off to the northeast.
E-V-E-R-Y F-I-F-T-E-E-N minutes. Right up until nearly 4 AM. Not the worst storms I've ever seen up here, but loud enough to wake me up.
And now a freaking woodpecker is on the stovepipe. Probably a flicker. They do like their noise.
(Ever wonder what would happen if those army ants all did a right face and marched broadside through the jungle? As it is now, you only have to worry if the head of the column or it's scouts bumps into you.)
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Threecollie asked if I had a game camera and if I used it.
You're right about the trail cams: they can be very entertaining. We (Mark and I) have several that we've just about worn out over the last couple of years. (Cold weather takes its toll on the digital cam and computer inside them.) Gotten some nice pictures too. Bear, fox, deer, ravens---the usual suspects. One fall, at the end of hunting season, we set one up on the remains of two deer we had butchered. That resulted in pictures of fisher cat, weasel (ermine really as it was all white except the tip of its tail) and coyotes. The coy dogs lived up their name staying just out of reach of the flash--except for the eyes and the leader's not-quite-quick-enough sprint in to grab a leg bone.
Then there was the last photo of a "lost"--soon to be deceased--hunter who came upon the camera on his final hunt.
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Well, the brush will dry off soon and that means it will be time to go back to work on the honeysuckle and slash.
2 comments:
What a shame about the poor hunter!
Thanks for answering my question though. One of these days we would like to get one. We are kind of concerned about having it stolen though as we have a large number of trespassers.
I know what you mean about the possibility of theft. I had one stollen from the edge of my field at the Aerie. Still haven't found out who took it and it makes me hesitate to deploy the cameras I still have. One things certain. when they do go out, they are'nt in any place a casual tresspasser could spot them.
And when they go out in the area of the Bolt Hole, they get monitored pretty frequently.
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