More Wildlife

Our trail cams have been busy catching interesting nocturnal visitors.

We have some of the best-fed rabbits around -- they love any landscaping I provide. (Although this year I found out that basil is not a preferred food -- I hope to use it this year to protect my asparagus.)

Raccoons are also regular visitors.

Deer are common, but this is the only time we've seen three in the photo at one time.

Foxes come by regularly, but they are usually moving too fast to get a good picture.

If only this one had stepped just a bit further into the frame! (He did, but was going too fast to get a good photo.)

Coyotes are seen (and heard) almost every night. They know how to pose for the camera.

A pair of coyotes in snow.

A bear ambles through the woods about once a month. Usually attracted to our neighbor's garbage which is about 100 yards behind the camera. (We have bear-resistant trash cans, which have never been opened, but have been scratched by claws and pierced by teeth.)

It's not all wildlife. One of the cameras isn't functioning as it should be, so we had it set to take a picture every 10 minutes. On several nights it caught Venus rising in the east.