Visitors

[Hopenkroak]

Set up a video camera with motion detection by the pond. Took a few months to get the software sorted and find the right place for mounting the camera etc. Just now became able to capture images from the videos.....We have been throwing table scraps by the pond for a long time, now we are seeing who is eating them...

This guy is feral, and has been a frequent visitor. The apples are for the foxes....

Sometimes we get several Foxes at once. We have caught videos of them playing on the ice, sliding and chasing each other.

A large feral cat, he usually walks the whole border of the pond (left side of picture)

One very fat Racoon. He was very interested in the apples and pushed one around but didn't eat it.

Our black and white feral friend earlier this evening. Wife feels sorry for them in cold weather - so she put out some chicken that he made short work of.

Going to make some changes that will enable higher resolution images. In addition to better wildlife shots, would like to get a pic a day for a year to make a season changing video.

Shot from last fall....

Can pull up live stream on a cellphone - its nice to be at work and take a peak at the pond. Very relaxing!

 

[Tula]

Beautiful , thanks for sharing

 

[TheFishGuy]

Amazing pond, and fun way to see all of the pond visitors!

 

[addy1]

Nice pictures!

 

[Mmathis]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

 

[j.w]

Nice pix and love seeing them! Show us more whenever you can, we love pix

 

[Hopenkroak]

Kinda fun today walking on the ice and looking at the paw prints. We had about a half inch of snow and it recorded the comings and goings nicely.

Fox prints make an “X” between their pads, and the back foot nearly always lands exactly in the track left by the front foot. Cats often walk in a weaving line as they investigate everything. Raccoons have longish pads that look like fingers etc, etc.

Interesting to imagine where they came from or are headed to, what they stopped to see, or why they jumped up onto a particular rock. For instance: with tracks coming to the pond there is almost a spot 25 -75 feet away where all animals pause for a moment. You can see they are facing the pond, and they often pace back and forth a bit. I suppose they know the pond is a popular spot and they are watching to see if any other animals are already there (just a guess.) Or maybe they know we are frequently about and want to avoid us? Just fun to think about. The snow tracks are like a recording that needs to be interpreted.

 

[addy1]

I love walking the yard after the snow falls, we have fox, cats, mainly deer prints. Squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, on and on, birds too