Recently I took on the personal challenge of camera trapping the Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi, an endangered subspecies of cougar, and the only confirmed breeding population of Puma concolor in the eastern US. Estimated at about 180 adults and … Continue reading →
The bobcat (Lynx rufus) uses urine and scat to mark important places within its home range. Like house cats, bobcats sometimes spray urine back onto vertical surfaces, such as stumps, trees, and stones. The animal might spray quickly and casually, … Continue reading →
Black bears are opportunistic omnivores, which typically consume much more vegetation than meat, especially in spring, when they head for the wetlands to partake of emerging tender greens. In fact, an analysis of bear scats over the course of a … Continue reading →
Like many other animals, beavers are territorial, and use scent to mark ownership. On the shore of their pond, they create piles of leaves, sticks and other debris, much of it dredged up with mud from the bottom of the … Continue reading →
Scent is an important medium of communication for many animals, and the river otter, Lontra canadensis, takes it to a new level. It seems to make a celebration of elimination. I placed a trail camera on a lake shore in … Continue reading →
You never know what you’re going to get with your trail camera. I set one low to the ground at an otter rolling site, hoping to get nice photos of a big, wet weasel, and it just so happened that … Continue reading →
