1 August 2020, Saturday - enjoy last night’s critter camera video. We had a petunia-
eating doe come by in the early morning.
deer video doe video 1 Aug 2020
1 Aug 2020 tag
6 August 2020, Thursday - last night’s critter cam captured perhaps part of the reason
why rabbits have stopped showing up for the past two weeks. We think that the camera
captured a juvenile fox. Most of the foxes that we have seen have been much fuller in
appearance.
juvenile fox video 6 Aug 2020
6 Aug 2020 tag
7 August 2020, Friday - no, it’s not a rat. Early this morning, about 50 minutes before
sunrise, the critter cam captured a small opossum. According to Wikipedia: “In the
United States and Canada, the only species [of opossum] found is the Virginia opossum,
and it is usually simply referred to as an ‘opossum’ but some regional dialects shorten this
further to ‘possum’.”
Also, a cardinal can be heard in the background welcoming the first light of day.
Virginia opossum video 07 Aug 2020
7 Aug 2020 tag
8 August 2020, Saturday - only a house cat came visiting last night. Yesterday, we noticed
that hummingbirds are making more visits to our feeders. Starting to get ready for the
migration.
13 August 2020, Thursday - If you every wondered why your dog or cat goes nuts in the
middle of the night, they might be hearing a loose house cat in your backyard. This video
has been “zoomed” so that one can see the mouth of the cat more clearly as it meows.
howling cat video 13 Aug 2020
13 Aug 2020 tag
17 August 2020, Monday - Game cameras were never meant to capture creatures as small
as a hummingbird. However a couple days ago, it was windy enough to keep the feeder
wobbling back and forth and we captured 40 seconds of a female Ruby-throated
hummingbird flying in and drinking. The two 20 second videos were spliced together and is
shown below. Enjoy!
hummingbird video 17 Aug 2020
17 Aug 2020 tag
18 August 2020, Tuesday - It is good to learn something new everyday, and yesterday
turned out well. Bob observed a number of flying insects in and around our gardens. They
looked like wasps but… turned out to be hoverflies. Hoverflies only mimic the appearance
of a stinging insect but do not sting, and are harmless to humans and animals. According to
Wikipedia, “Hoverflies are important pollinators of flowering plants in many ecosystems
worldwide. [They] are frequent flower visitors to a wide range of wild plants, as well as
agricultural crops and are often considered the second-most important group of pollinators
after wild bees. Larvae of many hoverfly species pry upon pest insects, including aphids
and leafhoppers, which spread [plant] diseases.” Bob took the picture below that we used
to identify the insect.
hoverfly hoverflies 18 Aug 2020
18 Aug 2020 tag
21 August 2020, Friday - Oh dear… the signs of fall are already starting. The native
easter gray squirrels that live in our neighborhood are actively burying treasures for later
consumption. We’ve seen them occasionally do this all summer long, however fall seems to
bring on a renewed sense of urgency.
squirrel video easter gray 21 Aug 2020
21 Aug 2020 tag
25 August 2020, Tuesday - This is “proof” that nature abhors a rabbit vacuum. An
eastern cottontail, captured by our critter cam early this morning, happily stepped in to
fill the rabbit void left by the fox that hunted in our area for awhile.
rabbit video eastern cottontail video 25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020 tag
30 August 2020, Sunday - Three clips are contained in the video below. The first clip is of
a six point buck that wondered through our garden then devoured our Roma tomatoes and
most of the plant itself (off camera to the right). The last two clips are of a doe. The
first shows her up close and personal (obviously not bothered by the camera and its
infrared LEDs), followed by her culinary enjoyment of our petunias.
Naturalist note: Last week, flocks of geese have been seen flying in “V” formations. Still
relatively low (in altitude) so far.
deer video doe video buck video 30 Aug 2020
30 Aug 2020 tag
August 2020 Blog Posts
R L Bailey & Company (Retired)
1 August 2020, Saturday - enjoy last night’s critter
camera video. We had a petunia-eating doe come by
in the early morning.
deer video doe video 1 Aug 2020
01 Aug 2020 tag
6 August 2020, Thursday - last night’s critter cam
captured perhaps part of the reason why rabbits have
stopped showing up for the past two weeks. We think
that the camera captured a juvenile fox. Most of the
foxes that we have seen have been much fuller in
appearance.
juvenile fox video 6 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020 tag
7 August 2020, Friday - no, it’s not a rat. Early this
morning, about 50 minutes before sunrise, the critter
cam captured a small opossum. According to Wikipedia:
“In the United States and Canada, the only species [of
opossum] found is the Virginia opossum, and it is usually
simply referred to as an ‘opossum’ but some regional
dialects shorten this further to ‘possum’. ”
Virginia opossum video 07 Aug 2020
07 Aug 2020 tag
8 August 2020, Saturday - only a house cat came
visiting last night. Yesterday, we noticed that
hummingbirds are making more visits to our feeders.
Starting to get ready for the migration.
08 Aug 2020 tag
13 August 2020, Thursday - If you have every wondered
why your dog or cat goes nuts in the middle of the night,
they might be hearing a loose house cat in your
backyard. This video has been “zoomed” so that one
can see the mouth of the cat more clearly as it meows.
howling cat video 13 Aug 2020
13 Aug 2020 tag
17 August 2020, Monday - Game cameras were never
meant to capture creatures as small as a hummingbird.
However a couple days ago, it was windy enough to keep
the feeder wobbling back and forth and we captured 40
seconds of a female Ruby-throated hummingbird flying
in and drinking. Shown below are two 20 second videos
that were spliced together. Enjoy!
hummingbird video 17 Aug 2020
17 Aug 2020 tag
18 August 2020, Tuesday - It is good to learn
something new everyday, and yesterday turned out well.
Bob observed a number of flying insects in and around
our gardens. They looked like wasps but… turned out to
be hoverflies. Hoverflies only mimic the appearance of
a stinging insect but do not sting, and are harmless to
humans and animals. According to Wikipedia, “Hover-
flies are important pollinators of flowering plants in
many ecosystems worldwide. [They] are frequent
flower visitors to a wide range of wild plants, as well as
agricultural crops and are often considered the second-
most important group of pollinators after wild bees.
Larvae of many hoverfly species pry upon pest insects,
including aphids and leafhoppers, which spread [plant]
disceases.” Bob took the picture below that we used to
identify the insect.
18 Aug 2020 tag
hoverfly hoverflies 18 Aug 2020
21 August 2020, Friday - Oh dear… the signs of fall
are already starting. The native easter gray
squirrels that live in our neighborhood are actively
burying treasures for later consumption. We’ve seen
them occasionally do this all summer long, however
fall seems to bring on a renewed sense of urgency.
squirrel video easter gray 21 Aug 2020
21 Aug 2020 tag
25 August 2020, Tuesday - This is “proof” that nature
abhors a rabbit vacuum. An eastern cottontail,
captured by our critter cam this morning, happily
stepped in to fill the rabbit void left by the fox that
hunted in our area for awhile.
rabbit video eastern cottontail video 25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020 tag
30 August 2020, Sunday - Three clips are contained in
the video below. The first clip is of a six point buck
that wondered through our garden then devoured our
Roma tomatoes and most of the plant itself (off
camera to the right). The last two clips are of a doe.
The first shows her up close and personal (obviously
not bothered by the camera and its infrared LEDs),
followed by her culinary enjoyment of our petunias.
Naturalist note: Last week, flocks of geese have been
seen flying in “V” formations. Still relatively low (in
altitude) so far.
deer video doe video
buck video 30 Aug 2020
30 Aug 2020 tag
August 2020 Blog Posts
R L Bailey & Company (Retired)