Two Tramps in Mud time

A chubby raccoon....

And a Busy squirrel ...

Here on The  Hill April has done it's thing;  a roller coaster of rain, fog and mud,  with the sun breaking through now and then. The woods were full of signs, and I was hopeful...

And reminded of a Robert Frost poem:

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.

You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.

But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March."

Robert Frost (1874–1963)
Two Tramps in Mud Time (1936

Feeding on Acorns at 10:30 pm

It's been almost a week since I checked the Wildview Trail Camera; Daytime exposures were of squirrels, and what looks to be the ear of one curious Yearling. Most of the visits were between 10 pm and midnight. The only food in the woods are acorns.

Changing Animal and Human routes through the woods...

One Year Later 

I'm scouting a new location for the wildlife camera.

A young boy who lives in our hamlet has graduated from riding his mini bike around the yard to riding the animal trail along the ridge.  A passing phase. As he and his bikes grow, he'll be riding further afield.

A Tale of Tails

Squirrel 

Raccoon

Lots of exposures on the Wildview Trail Camera today.
LOL

The  carefully designed "disguise"elements on and about the camera have all been stripped away.

First week in April

Doe exiting the grove

April: animals are moving back into this section of the woods.

These photos were taken with an older Bushnell Trail Sentry Camera. (2008 version) which has  a slow "wake up" time.

Also, while I saw the tracks of a small bear, and a smaller fox, they were too quick for the camera.