Coopers Hawk Bathing in Brook

Grey Fox Kit's in the boulder wall.

Look Closely to spot two young Fox kits. There were five originally. I suspect the Coopers Hawk carried at least one off. 

New Fawn

This is a clip from a video: Top: You have to look closely to spot this fawn; one of three born last week.   Also traveling through: Bobcat.

Unfortunately one of the fawns was found by a coywolf and carried off 

Coywolf carrying a newborn fawn. This clip is from a video. 

Memorial Day Parade

The end of May is a busy time in The Pisgah Woods: Several Does, all that had fawns last June, are pregnant; their yearlings have bonded and appear to be traveling together, but still try to follow their Mom's, who show signs of loosing patience with them.  Our Old Blind in One Eye Doe is back for another season, accompanied by last year's twins, one of which is a Young Buck.

Bob Cat

Jack in Pulpit

We haven't spotted this species on our property in at least 25 years!
And not one, but four in a row beside the garden path.

April in the Hemlock Grove

At the end of April, the deer move from the swamp in the south, through the dying Hemlocks, to open fields a couple of miles north.  In the immediate area of this trail camera four large hemlocks  have fallen.  The deer are thin, and showing signs of ticks.
In this series we see first, an old doe followed a few days later by a  mature doe with her yearling twins.  In the video the doe can be seen aggressively attacking her young buck. Before long he, like the old doe, will be traveling in tandem, but  behind, remaining at a safe distance.

Setting the Camera in a new location. 

Old Doe

Red Fox

On Alert

Mature Doe

Yearling Buck being driven away by Mom

Yearling doe

Otter on Norwich Lake

Early morning:  Well,  Look at that!  First time we've witnessed  an Otter on Norwich Lake, running and sliding!              

An Otter!  So much larger than a mink.
Enjoying the March Blizzard of 2017!

PIsgah Bob Cat

Bobcat passing by the Brookside trail camera February 27, 2017
I installed my first trail camera March 2010 and have feel it a privilege to have watched the various animals that live or travel through in the woods just steps away from our house. 

January 2017 Young Deer

Tracking the Deer

February 19th: Deep snow in the woods and the deer are having a difficult time.

Winter in Pisgah Woods

Between December 1st and today: Feb 19, 2017 I had not checked the cameras; today there was only one I could get to without snowshoes and found that, while there are loads of fresh tracks, the camera had stopped recording Feb 9th.  On my walk I saw a large bear track very close to our house; coyote, fox, rabbit, deer....even though there is a lot of snow in the woods, the animals were moving as the temperature rose to 50 degrees this afternoon.

Barred Owl Through the Curtain

The Owl Pages: "The Barred Owl is a fairly large owl with a large rounded head with no ear-tufts. It has also been known as the Hoot Owl. "

On this foggy January 3rd,  outside the bedroom window, we spotted a Barred Owl. This was a first for us.  I grabbed the iPad off the night stand, hoping for time to make a couple of quick shots through the curtain. Seeing my movement, he turned,  looked straight at the "camera,"  then glided off.  How special was that? 

Raven Bathing and Young Buck Chasing

Deer Hunting season began this past week and when I hear gunshots near our house, as I did late Friday afternoon, I worry about Blind-in-One-Eye and her twins.  Hopefully she has them hid deep in The Swamp.  The videos on the Brook Camera bought glimpses of a Fox, a Black Raven bathing, and a young doe being chased by a young buck.

You Tube Video

The Chase Continues

The Dates Are Wrong on the Bushnell...I changed the batteries but forgot to reset the time and date stamp. Actual date is the last week of November, 2016

November In the Woods

WATCH HERE:  ON YOU TUBE: THE EARLY NOVEMBER CHASE

WE HAVE had some strange weather: 60 degrees in the afternoon and snow during the night.
The "critters" are chasing around in the woods; I love the occasional glimpse of the Bobcat!
Having relocated the cameras due to extensive logging, we haven't seen the Fox.
The raccoon look beautiful and healthy.

October 31, 2016

Bob Cat 

Crossing the stream

Morning Visitor

Our neighbor's dog barked for a long time, then came up on our deck and 'knocked" at the slider, trying to get our attention; wanting to come inside;  something he's almost never done. 

"He smells something," my husband said. "Probably a bear." 

Two sets of Twins

 LINK HERE TO " Watch the twins on YouTube

September 2016

Hummingbirds leaving

 This is a link to a migration map which updates weekly.  Check back from time to time to view the migration into Mexico.