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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

More of the Redwoods: Predators

Its been a busy month.

I am hoping February may give me a little more time for misadventures, but more likely it will be March.

So here are a few images for the Santa Cruz Mountains that I should have gotten up a few months ago. These are from the same set that got the raccoon family hijinks.

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And I am going to go ahead and consider the loud-mouthed Steller's Jay a predator.

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One more shot of a Steller's Jay, mostly to show off this beautiful redwood creek setting
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8 comments:

  1. Alyssa JohnsonJanuary 30, 2013 at 8:40 AM

    Beauuutiful pictures. The bobcat pics are great! Hoping to catch Bob soon on my own sets.

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    1. JKJanuary 30, 2013 at 8:47 AM

      Thanks Alyssa.

      It does seem like we have a much easier time catching bobcats out west than you folks on the other side of the Rocky Mountains. Good luck getting one!

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  2. Camera Trap CodgerJanuary 30, 2013 at 2:02 PM

    I sure like that spot. And so does the other wildlife.

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    1. JKJanuary 30, 2013 at 2:40 PM

      Yeah it is pretty nice, but right now the whole foreground is back under water. We have found the redwoods to be pretty quite in general, but this spot got a lot of mammals passing through.

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  3. christianJanuary 30, 2013 at 6:37 PM

    The bobcats really like walking AWAY from your cams

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    1. JKJanuary 30, 2013 at 11:15 PM

      Seriously right!?!

      Maybe I need to start doing two camera pointed at each other and see if the little bastards can figure out a way to defy the laws of physics.

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  5. biobabblerFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:02 AM

    Once I got chickens, I started to have renewed empathy for bugs. And lizards. And frogs. Any anything else a chicken can & will kill. Birds are MEGA predators, and frequently half or more of their face is a giant blade (bill), so I think including the jay is perfectly suitable. =) We've been seeing bobcats around here, too. I tend to see them more in winter (Jan/Feb)--you?

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