Once again skunked on the scouting camera, alas. It did take one picture and accompanying video on the morning of the 8th, but nothing in the frame of either. Batteries are under 50%, surely has a lot to do with the lack of pictures. I had meant to bring fresh batteries but forgot, planning on doing that this Wednesday. Wandered around for a bit despite the cold windy conditions. The original forecast for this past Saturday was promising from a tracking standpoint, up to 4" of snow potentially, but it never happened. The temp did drop from Saturday into Sunday, from the mild conditions prevalent this winter to something more seasonable, and this created good conditions for preserving lots of raccoon tracks in the frozen mud alongside the stream:
near the bridge
back and forth action here
more muddy footprints from the raccoon(s) on the bridge as well:
More scrapes in the pine needle litter, likely from deer rooting around for food I'm told:
Finally, I had to chuckle at the scratch marks in the planks along the swampy section of path. One can imagine someone's dog coming to a screeching halt:
No ticks this morning, I'm thinking the sub-freezing temps puts them in a state of torpor. YTD total 24
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