A Short Rest

There are a variety of uses of trails in Fish Lake WA. Occasionally it is used as a phone booth, albeit temporarily. In addition to the usual wildlife this young man was captured on the trail cam.
Dale

Butterfly Battles

Several species of butterflies were jockeying for position on this fox scat a few weeks ago. It was a quiet morning and after laying down near the scat for a few minutes the butterflies became very active and tolerant of the camera. This footage was taken on the same day as the previous still images.
Dale

Bear Strolling

This guy was peacefully ambling along last Saturday morning. I'll let you in on a videographer's secret. The original audio was unusable because of my panting after running 200 yards across the prairie, carrying the camera and tripod, to get in front of him. As he headed away from me the camera battery died. This was edited from about a minute of raw footage.

I have a collared bear captured on the trail cam that I am trying to get info on and can't wait to post it with the details. This has been a good year to see bears.

Dale

What is he doing?

After being gone for three weeks I am back for a week and one of the first tasks was checking trail cams. This camera was set up in our backyard to record ruff grouse drumming times so I could set up a blind and record in HD. A variety of visitors were recorded including a red squirrel, gray fox, several deer, a ruff grouse drumming, and this porcupine. This video must represent a scent marking behavior although it is only a guess. As a photographer recording behaviors I am constantly reminded how little I know about the animal world which keeps me coming back to time and again to film new material.

Dale

Fish Lake Wolves

I have been following this pair's tracks and attempting to camera trap them for the last several months. Monday morning I was returning home from Grettum Flowage and these guys were in the prairie. The front one has a paunch; pregnant? The pair was filmed with a continuous roll of the tape which has been quick edited to remove most of the camera motion. The area is alive with wildlife!
Dale