1 April 2021, Thursday - Do you know why geese stand on one leg? We were curious about
this because it seems that more geese stand on one leg in Minnesota and Wisconsin than
in all of the central and southern states combined. Started researching around the turn
of the year. Our hypothesis was that air and water temperatures played a significant role
coupled with the timing of the vernal equinox. We were mostly correct. We left out one
major factor though - the crested barking turtle (CBT).
Crested barking turtles are just coming out of hibernation in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
southern Manitoba and Ontario as the ice clears from the lakes. And as it turns out,
their favorite food is geese feet. CBTs are so rare and so stealthy, they have never been
photographed in the wild, at least nothing more than dark blurry smugs near an
unfortunate and retreating goose.
We set up a blind near our neighborhood lake however were unsuccessful in capturing the
CBTs coming out of hibernation this year.
Maybe we’ll have better luck next year.
crested barking turtle 01 Apr 2021
1 Apr 2021 tag
27 April 2021, Tuesday - A healthy looking raccoon came ambling through the yard early
this morning. Thought you might like to see it - please see the critter cam video below.
By the way, the last post was on April Fools Day. You guessed it - the world does not yet
have a crested barking turtle. And geese stand on one leg because… well, we guess that
they just want to. We’ve noted that sometimes they stand one-legged when it’s cold
outside, sometimes when it’s hot, sometimes when it’s sunny. Sometimes close to evening.
And it goes without saying, no geese were harmed in the creation of the last blog post.
Have fun and smile when you can.
raccoon video 27 April 2021
27 April 2021 tag
27 May 2021, Thursday - My goodness, it has been some time since deer have been
captured by critter cam - November 27 to be exact. Below is a clip of three bucks that
strayed through just before sunrise yesterday. Notice that they have fuzzy looking
antlers?
According to Wikipedia, “Velvet antler is the whole cartilaginous antler in a pre-calcified
growth stage. Velvet antler is covered in a hairy, velvet-like ‘skin’ known as velvet and its
tines are rounded, because the antler has not calcified or finished developing.”
Enjoy the video.
three bucks velvet antler video 27 May 2021
27 May 2021 tag
7 June 2021, Monday - We had a rare treat a couple of mornings ago: A red fox was
captured by critter cam in daylight. The camera remains ready to record until we turn it
off in the morning and the fox was earlier than we were. Not sure if it was the same fox
that visited on the January 2nd, 2021.
Have a wonderful day.
red fox video 07 Jun 2021
7 Jun 2021 tag
19 June 2021, Saturday - We’ve heard that crows (in this case, American crows) are
rather curious in nature. One showed up to take a close up look at our camera this
morning just in case their might be a tender morsel near by.
Hope you enjoy the video.
American crow video 19 Jun 2021
19 Jun 2021 tag
April - June 2021 Blog Posts
R L Bailey & Company (Retired)
1 April 2021, Thursday - Do you know why geese
stand on one leg? We were curious about this
because it seems that more geese stand on one leg in
Minnesota and Wisconsin than in all of the central
and southern states combined. Started researching
around the turn of the year. Our hypothesis was
that air and water temperatures played a significant
role coupled with the timing of the vernal equinox.
We were mostly correct. We left out one major
factor though - the crested barking turtle (CBT).
Crested barking turtles are just coming out of
hibernation in Minnesota, Wisconsin and southern
Manitoba and Ontario as the ice clears from the
lakes. And as it turns out, their favorite food is
geese feet. CBTs are so rare and so stealthy, they
have never been photographed in the wild, at least
nothing more than dark blurry smugs near an
unfortunate and retreating goose.
We set up a blind near our neighborhood lake
however were unsuccessful in capturing the CBTs
coming out of hibernation this year.
Maybe we’ll have better luck next year.
crested barking turtle 01 Apr 2021
1 Apr 2021 tag
27 April 2021, Tuesday - A healthy looking raccoon
came ambling through the yard early this morning.
Thought you might like to see it - please see the
critter cam video below.
By the way, the last post was on April Fools Day. You
guessed it - the world does not yet have a crested
barking turtle. And geese stand on one leg because…
well, we guess that they just want to. We’ve noted
that sometimes they stand one-legged when it’s cold
outside, sometimes when it’s hot, sometimes when it’s
sunny. Sometimes close to evening. And it goes
without saying, no geese were harmed in the creation
of the last blog post.
Have fun and smile when you can.
raccoon video 27 April 2021
27 April 2021 tag
27 May 2021, Thursday - My goodness, it has been
some time since deer have been captured by critter
cam - November 27 to be exact. Below is a clip of
three bucks that strayed through just before sunrise
yesterday. Notice that they have fuzzy looking
antlers?
According to Wikipedia, “Velvet antler is the whole
cartilaginous antler in a precalcified growth stage.
Velvet antler is covered in a hairy, velvet-like ‘skin’
known as velvet and its tines are rounded, because
the antler has not calcified or finished developing.”
Enjoy the video.
three bucks velvet antler video 27 May 2021
27 May 2021 tag
7 June 2021, Monday - We had a rare treat a couple
of mornings ago: A red fox was captured by critter
cam in daylight. The camera remains ready to record
until we turn it off in the morning and the fox was
earlier than we were. Not sure if it was the same fox
that visited on the January 2nd, 2021.
Have a wonderful day.
red fox video 07 Jun 2021
7 Jun 2021 tag
19 June 2021, Saturday - We’ve heard that crows (in
this case, American crows) are rather curious in nature.
One showed up to take a close up look at our camera
this morning just in case their might be a tender morsel
near by.
Hope you enjoy the video.
American crow video 19 Jun 2021
19 Jun 2021 tag
Apr-Jun 2021 Blog Posts
R L Bailey & Company (Retired)