The benign adventures and ponderings of a wildlife ecologist who is interested in old school, down-and-dirty field research. Not cutting edge, but occassionally forced to blaze a trail when in the outdoors.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Happy Halloween from Your Friendly Neighborhood Trailblazer!
JK...I'm with you...it is alittle surprising. But this has been the case with any pumpkin I've left outside for extended periods 'round these parts. Halloween also often corresponds with the time farmers are harvesting their corn for silage and there is lots of 'waste/debris' corn that falls to the ground during the harvesting process. I imagine that provides quite a bit of food this time of year. Not sure if that plays a factor, or not...
I just saw this now, been off the blog-o-sphere awhile, I was going to do this same thing...except all my cameras are tied up looking for fishers. Unsuccessfully.
Happy Halloween to you too ! What a fun series of photos with the pumpkins! Love the skunk!
I had that same Cuddeback camera but it got filled with water somehow during our floods, and it went kaput. I was my very first trail cam, and I am so sad to see my reliable old friend sitting idle in my house (I can't bear to throw it out, thinking maybe I can somehow fix it!).
Glad you all like it! Thanks for reading! I set those jack-o-lanterns in front of that camera last Halloween....so I've been sitting on these pics a while...just itching to post!
I'm a little surprised nothing came along and just devoured the pumpkins. Must be plenty of food still around in those woods.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea... thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks, all!
ReplyDeleteJK...I'm with you...it is alittle surprising. But this has been the case with any pumpkin I've left outside for extended periods 'round these parts. Halloween also often corresponds with the time farmers are harvesting their corn for silage and there is lots of 'waste/debris' corn that falls to the ground during the harvesting process. I imagine that provides quite a bit of food this time of year. Not sure if that plays a factor, or not...
Lol. I'm going to have to set out some pumpkins if you can get that many different animals to come to them.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, I really enjoyed this, thanks :)
ReplyDeleteI just saw this now, been off the blog-o-sphere awhile, I was going to do this same thing...except all my cameras are tied up looking for fishers. Unsuccessfully.
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween to you too ! What a fun series of photos with the pumpkins! Love the skunk!
ReplyDeleteI had that same Cuddeback camera but it got filled with water somehow during our floods, and it went kaput. I was my very first trail cam, and I am so sad to see my reliable old friend sitting idle in my house (I can't bear to throw it out, thinking maybe I can somehow fix it!).
Glad you all like it! Thanks for reading! I set those jack-o-lanterns in front of that camera last Halloween....so I've been sitting on these pics a while...just itching to post!
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