Game Camera on Coyote Carcass

This motion-detect trail camera was set by volunteer Sarah McQuade with the help of Research Director James Fischer. The center of these photographs is a coyote that was struck and killed by traffic on route 202 in Litchfield in late-December. Its carcass was transported by Mr. Fischer to this site off North Shore Road in the Bantam River Field. The photgraphs taken by the camera give some insight into the life history and behaviours of certain species. Please enjoy some of these interesting photographs and make some inferences about the ecological relationships at play here.

Four Virginia Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) surround the carcass in the early evening

A Bobcat (Lynx rufus) entering the frame on the Left, seems to be approaching the carcass.

The carcass is covered in snow, and a(n) Opossum has burrowd an access hole through the snow to the body. 

Opossum appears to be approaching the access hole through the snow to the carcass

Bobcat approaching the carcass from the right 

Bobcat on top of the carcass

Bobcat approaching carcass from behind

Raccoon, left of the carcass, rolling around in the flesh. 

Coyote appraching snow coverd carcass from the left. 

Game Cameras on Headwater Streams

A few videos and images of wildlife observed visiting headwater streams on the property.  Click Here

August 2017

Images recorded at White Memorial Conservation Center Bird Blind, unless stated otherwise on the White Memorial Foundation Property.  Time stamped is Eastern Standard Time, daylight savings time is not used.

Mammals

Bobcat at Catlin Woods

Black Bear at Cranberry Pond

Eastern Chipmunk at Catlin Woods

Coyote at Catlin Woods

Eastern Chipmunk at Catlin Woods

Eastern Chipmunk scratching face at Catlin Woods

White-tailed Deer at Catlin Woods

Raccoon at Catlin Woods

White-tailed Deer at Catlin Woods

White-tailed Deer at Beaver Pond

Gray-Squirrel at Catlin Woods 

White-footed Mouse at Catlin Woods

White-footed Mouse at Catlin Woods

White-footed Mouse at Pitch Road 

Gray-Squirrel at Catlin Woods

Gray-Squirrel with two Acorns in his mouth at Catlin Woods

White-tailed Deer Buck at Beaver Pond

Two Raccoons at Catlin Woods

White-tailed Deer Fawn and Doe at Catlin Woods

Birds

Wood Thrush at Pitch Road

Gray Catbird at Catlin Woods

Wood Thrush at Caitlin Woods

July 2017

Images recorded at White Memorial Conservation Center Bird Blind, unless stated otherwise on the White Memorial Foundation Property.  Time stamped is Eastern Standard Time, daylight savings time is not used.

Mammals

Bobcat at Plunge Pool

Eastern Chipmunk at Plunge Pool

 Southern Flying Squirrel at Plunge Pool

Southern Flying Squirrel at Plunge Pool

Eastern Gray Squirrel at Plunge Pool

White-tailed Deer Fawn at Ice House Marsh

Eastern Chipmunk at Cathedral 

Black Bear at Cranberry Pond

Bobcat at Cranberry Pond

Bobcat at Cranberry Pond

Cottontail Rabbit at Ice House Marsh

White-Tailed Deer at Old Camp Townshend

White-tailed Deer at Cranberry Pond

White-Tailed Deer at Ice House Marsh

White-tailed Deer at Old Camp Townshend

White-Tailed Deer at Cathedral

White-tailed Deer Buck at Ice House Marsh

Eastern Gray-Squirrel at Cranberry Pond

Raccoon at Ice House Marsh

Birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker at Cranberry Pond

Gray Catbird at Ice House Marsh

Juvenile American Robin at Duck Pond

Common Grackle at Old Camp Townshend 

Gray Catbird at Duck Pond

Flycatcher species at Ice House Marsh

Blue Jay at Cranberry Pond-West

Veery at Ice House Marsh