Sunday, December 16, 2012

All Puffed Up

This spruce grouse was all puffed up when this photo was taken in mid November in Pittsburg N.H. I think it was as cold as we were when the cameras were checked later that day.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Fisher pauses to smell and look


This fisher (Martes pennanti) paused in front of the camera to observe a visual attractor above the camera and to leave his calling card. Even some of the smallest mammals show a curiosity in things such as a visual attractor that they know don't belong in the woods.