More of nature

dusty

I need a camera like this. We have a critter of some sorts that visits the back yard periodically. It appears to be a big cat (like I mean big). Can't tell with the monitors we have.

reible

Now for a change of pace, spotted this caterpillar munching on some milkweed in our front yard. This is the second one we have found this year. Hope it survives to fly..........

https://youtu.be/wUw356mlKk8

Ed

reible

On one of my walks I found some skunk hair. Can only guess that one of the young skunks was owl food. Great Horned Owls are active hunters of them so that would be my guess. I couldn't find the other parts but it could be that it carried it off. Often you can find the skull or some other bone mass but not in this case.

We do have red foxes, coyotes and red-tailed hawks in our area and they all will eat skunk but my bet is still on an owl.

Some years back we heard some noise on the roof late at night. Figured some critter had gotten up there but didn't feel the need to go out to look. the next morning a skull had rolled off the roof and on to the driveway. We think that was an owl but of course we can not be sure. The rest was no where to be found, again expect it was carried off. In this case it was an opossum and not a skunk.

Ed

jsburger

reible wrote On one of my walks I found some skunk hair. Can only guess that one of the young skunks was owl food. Great Horned Owls are active hunters of them so that would be my guess. I couldn't find the other parts but it could be that it carried it off. Often you can find the skull or some other bone mass but not in this case.

We do have red foxes, coyotes and red-tailed hawks in our area and they all will eat skunk but my bet is still on an owl.

Some years back we heard some noise on the roof late at night. Figured some critter had gotten up there but didn't feel the need to go out to look. the next morning a skull had rolled off the roof and on to the driveway. We think that was an owl but of course we can not be sure. The rest was no where to be found, again expect it was carried off. In this case it was an opossum and not a skunk.

Ed

Skunks and owls are nocturnal so that makes sense.

Underlining for JPG. :)

JPG

jsburger wrote

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Underlining for JPG. :)

I hope you have better luck 'collecting' 'bets'! :D

Ed in Tampa

Talking of owls on roofs, I had an owl ruin the peak of my roof he wore all the granules off. When I reroofed I had them extend the ridge vents (aluminum) out to the edge. That solved the problem. Well I had to have the roof done again (yes in Florida you have to replace the roof about every 15-20 years) the roofer said he could not extend the ridge vents this time the code requires a set back from the edge. Well the owl is back hear him every night. I figure I will give him enough time to eliminate all the area pests then I will install an owl repellent.

Before you ask roofs are not controlled by homeowner or code but in my area by insurance they will not write a new policy on a asphalt roof older than 15 years and will not renew insurance on houses with asphalt roofs older that 20 years.

reible

Went off on a Sunday walk. Put in about 15500 steps which included a visit to gravel bar that is really exposed due to our dry conditions. In fact it has been exposed most of the summer and a lot of new growth has been happening so a good deal of the gravel is covered over with vegetation.

You just never know what things will catch your attention. There were two things that I videoed here. First there were these black bugs that I normally see but only a couple at a time.

This is actually hard to watch with bugs going this way and that way. No idea what these bugs are called but this is the largest collection I have seen.

Maybe a Water Beetle??

A herd/bunch/mass or black bugs on the water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E_7kqp9qLc&ab_channel=E.L.Reible

The gravel bar is in the Fox River near Yorkville IL and I saw literately thousands of these small fishes in and around the gravel.

Gravel bar is a natural and safe place for small fish to live

https://youtu.be/faZD-up7QVQ

Gravel bar is a natural and safe place for small fish to live. There were a lot of different sizes and types so I just picked these since they seem to be pretty easy to see in the camera view finder.

As with most of my youtube videos these are just short 30 second or so shorts.

Ed

JPG

reible wrote Went off on a Sunday walk. Put in about 15500 steps which included a visit to gravel bar that is really exposed due to our dry conditions. In fact it has been exposed most of the summer and a lot of new growth has been happening so a good deal of the gravel is covered over with vegetation.

You just never know what things will catch your attention. There were two things that I videoed here. First there were these black bugs that I normally see but only a couple at a time.

This is actually hard to watch with bugs going this way and that way. No idea what these bugs are called but this is the largest collection I have seen.

Maybe a Water Beetle??

A herd/bunch/mass or black bugs on the water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E_7kqp9qLc&ab_channel=E.L.Reible

The gravel bar is in the Fox River near Yorkville IL and I saw literately thousands of these small fishes in and around the gravel.

Gravel bar is a natural and safe place for small fish to live

https://youtu.be/faZD-up7QVQ

Gravel bar is a natural and safe place for small fish to live. There were a lot of different sizes and types so I just picked these since they seem to be pretty easy to see in the camera view finder.

As with most of my youtube videos these are just short 30 second or so shorts.

Ed

Black bugs - sprinkling?

reible

How about a 10 second video of a spunky skunk? Well I have one right here:

https://youtu.be/MfYYhwADl-U

Was this what you expected?

Ed

reible

This looks like the perfect fall colors to me, what do you think?

joedw00

Nice shot.

edma194

jsburger wrote Skunks and owls are nocturnal so that makes sense.

Someone once told me if I see a skunk out in the daytime it probably has rabies and I should stay away from it. I let him know if I see a skunk any time I stay away from it.

reible

https://youtu.be/Gb3_dyF3AKs

This is a collection of one nights videos with all the animals that passed through by the camera. This is a Blink outdoor camera being used as a wild life camera. It is near the gate to the back yard so we are only seeing what passes by and who knows what else is happening else where????

I removed any none animal captures so this is pretty much all action.

Now don't you wonder what is happening in your backyard tonight?

Ed

Majones1

You’ve got a superhighway in your backyard! There’s got to be some food, or maybe water, that attracts them, doesn’t there? Not necessarily in your yard, but somewhere near by that they are all headed to and from.

Olive00

That's beautiful.

reible

30 seconds by a peaceful stream in Plano, IL today.

https://youtu.be/LuFJ67OAqNE

Ed

reible

A short series of videos taken in Steward Park, Plano IL of the Big Rock Creek.

The third one is actually the reflection of the sun off the creek and on to the bridge, a cool effect........

https://youtu.be/8P2VysmTtco

https://youtu.be/Bpl17VoTA0E

https://youtu.be/z1YeBiI9YKU

Ed

reible

As of last night we get to add another animal to our list of night time visitors:

https://youtu.be/DWuFRi7DcIE

Ed

reible

The fox made an appearance last night. It has been a long while since I have captured any video of it. Cameras are in more fixed positions now so unless the various animals come by we don't get video. Anyway I was really happy to see the video when I checked this morning.

https://youtu.be/9biUhiLcVz4

Ed

reible

Our backyard mouse has been active. With all the cats and coyote and fox traffic I wonder for how long???? Sure is a quick little thing.

BTW the coyote did come back through the other day, we had just finished bring things in from the car and the camera caught us and then caught the coyote, we didn't see it..... When I find the clips I will post them too.

https://youtu.be/Upkqs7-5xSE

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