Two I Don't See Too Often

Here are two videos of two that I don't see too often.  I like to see the turkeys but the fewer skunks I see the better.

Mushroom Update

Just an update.  After going out looking yesterday we found another 20 mushrooms in the yard making our total for this spring right around 100.  All found in the yard and none in the woods.  I am through looking and at this point any more in the yard are just going to get mowed.  Hopefully that will add to the spores for next year.

There are two types of people in the world, those that can mow over mushrooms and those that have to stop and pick them while they are mowing.  I lean towards the latter.  The first Spring mowing on our property takes forever because I am always on the lookout for mushrooms and the picture below is what I found while mowing today.  A good mess of grays and yellows but it did take a long time to mow since I had to stop, get off the tractor and pick them.  For some reason, on our property, the bulk of the mushrooms grow in the yard and not in the woods. Just cursed I guess.  As fast as they are popping up maybe they will set off one of the trail cameras.

Those Pesky Morel Mushrooms

There are two types of people in the world, those that can mow over mushrooms and those that have to stop and pick them while they are mowing.  I lean towards the latter.  The first Spring mowing on our property takes forever because I am always on the lookout for mushrooms and the picture below is what I found while mowing today.  A good mess of grays and yellows but it did take a long time to mow since I had to stop, get off the tractor and pick them.  For some reason, on our property, the bulk of the mushrooms grow in the yard and not in the woods. Just cursed I guess.  As fast as they are popping up maybe they will set off one of the trail cameras.

Finally

Finally after 3 months, starting to have deer feed from the Moultrie Deer Feeder.  I thought I was going to have to rename it to a Raccoon Feeder.  The raccoons still come in every night and clean up but it is good to start seeing the deer feeding.

Selfies

Apparently the deer heard (pun intended) that I was posting theses videos to the Internet and have started taking "Selfies".  I think this guy even pushed the start button with his nose!

Come Back

The deer are just starting to come back.  I haven't seen any of them feeding yet and they seem more interested in the camera and leery of the feeder.  The raccoons are still cleaning up every night.

No Deer

No deer yet but the raccoons are hitting the feeder hard every night.  Even though the tripod legs are smooth steel and are supposed to be "un-climbable", this guy figured out a way.

New Equipment

Last Saturday I set up a Moultrie 30 Gallon Easy-Lock Tripod Deer Feeder and filled it with Tractor Supply's Record Rack Golden Deer Nuggets. Right now it throws out the feed at 12 hour intervals or twice a day.  It is easy to change feeding times and durations and I will probably do some adjusting over the next couple of weeks.  I figured it would take a week or so for the deer to get used to the feeder but I didn't think the raccoons would jump on it the first night!  It will be party time for those guys until the deer get used to it and move in to feed.

R.O.U.S.

Rodents Of Unusual Size (The Princess Bride) are starting to show up more frequently as the weather starts to warm up a little.

Also, the raccoons are back but they are not as fat as they were in the fall.

Turkey Run

I got a new game camera, a Moultrie D-444 that is an 8 MP camera that has a few more bells and whistles than my other cameras.  I'll describe it more under the "Camera & Tips" section later.  I have a Cooper's Hawk (Chicken Hawk) visiting the feeder daily and taking birds at will.  I set up the D-444 pointing at our bird feeder in hopes of catching the hawk making a strike.  No luck so far but caught these guys cleaning up under the feeder again!

Foxy Night

Just a fox in the night passing through my bottom area.  The 12 volt external battery came yesterday and I got it hooked up.  That will alleviate any issues with cold batteries.  Now I should get some good videos in the bottoms and on the ridge.

Just a reminder; I post all the videos with any animal activity in them to Flickr.  If things get slow and you are looking for something to do, check them out at "All Pictures and Videos". 

Nice Buck - Cold Batteries

Caught a nice buck over the weekend, 9 or 10 point.  I've been having trouble with cold batteries in my second camera and have not got very many videos from it.  Found out that once they get too cold they can't provide enough energy and the camera turns off and it will not turn on by itself, even if it warms up.  I'm just going to have to buy another 12 volt external battery to get it going in this cold weather.

Turkey Treat

This video was not shot with one of my Moultrie Trail Cams but with my Kodak EasyShare M530 camera out my back window.  The turkeys worked for more than an hour digging through the snow to clean up the seeds from the bird feeder.  I hadn't seen them for over a month so it was good to see them again.

Skittish

Last week the deer were trying to eat the camera and this week they couldn't get away from it fast enough!  Even spooked a coyote.  Not sure what is going on.