Unseen Creatures

Much of the wildlife that passes my house goes by unseen. Mostly because they pass by at night when I can't see them or when I'm not looking. Last spring I purchased a cheap trail cam but I hadn't really put it to use until three days ago. Yesterday afternoon I uploaded the thousand plus images it had taken over three days and I was quite pleased to see what it had captured. There were plenty of images of Lenore and I, the dog and the family cat etc. But there were also images of a really nice black bear, gray foxes, turkeys and several deer. The image quality is pretty poor but it was pretty exciting to see what is out there going by unseen at night and during the day. God's blessings upon your weekend, chris

An Amazing Morning or Thank You God

Chickadee




Dark Eyed Junco




Blacktail Deer




Douglas Tree Squirrel




Wild Turkey




Foggy Morning Sunrise




Scrub Jay


I was up this morning before the sun rose as I wanted to catch the sunrise and try out a new spot for photographing deer. I didn't find any deer there but I did find a nice flock of turkeys. I found a few deer later on and created some images of them.The morning just got better from there. I came back home and photographed in the backyard and it waswonderful. Thank you God for a glorious morning.

God's blessings to all,

chris

Slim Pickings the Grass Isn't Greener

Well, today I finally checked out the other side of the fence and it isn't any greener. In fact the pickings were far worse. Today I spent about an hour and a half in my new blind set up on another ranch about forty five minutes east of where I live. For some reason the birds didn't like the position of my new feeder. I think that it is too close to the nest of a nearby Red Shouldered Hawk though that is just a guess upon my part.I saw a few Western Tanagers but they were up in the trees and there was no sign that my new feeder had even been touched.



Because the feeder appeared untouched I moved it to a new location and moved the blind close to it. I left and then went back to the other ranch I have been photographing at. There I found most of the feed cleaned out of the feeders and a covey of quail right next to the blind. So I restocked the feeders and headed for home. I guess the grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence, at least so far. So I'll keep trying.



I did mange to photograph a wild turkey next to the road putting on his display and I got an image of a Western Fence Lizard on the ranches gate post as I was leaving to go back home today.

God's light and love to all,

chris