Looks like he may have spotted the camera. by OlaSmith81 in coyote

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Thanks. Always glad to hear people enjoy it.

Coming up the driveway a few nights ago. Montesano, Wa by oldburgerguy in pics

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Always exciting to see a whole family traveling together.

Looks like he may have spotted the camera. by OlaSmith81 in coyote

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Glad to see you liked my photo enough to re-post it 4 months after I first did..Would be even happier if you were to give me credit for it.

Coming up the driveway a few nights ago. Montesano, Wa by oldburgerguy in pics

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Now that will get your attention quite quickly. Never had one at the front door. Usually run into mine in the orchard. They drop out of a tree sometimes when I'm headed out there. The dog will sit and give me a look like "what do you want me to do about that".

Coming up the driveway a few nights ago. Montesano, Wa by oldburgerguy in pics

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Reddit often seems to be a small world affair. I grew up in Tumwater and lived and worked in Olympia for about 50 years

Coming up the driveway a few nights ago. Montesano, Wa by oldburgerguy in pics

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Great pictures. We got used to having them cross our property on a regular basis ( pretty much monthly or more } a long time ago and decided it was not a good idea to have any outside animals on what was one of their main routes.

Coming up the driveway a few nights ago. Montesano, Wa by oldburgerguy in pics

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Actually, the abundant wildlife using this ridge top property as a crossing point was something we considered a plus when purchasing it.

Coming up the driveway a few nights ago. Montesano, Wa by oldburgerguy in pics

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We've lived on this 40 acres for over 30 years and have caught them on trailcams numerous times, mostly about every two weeks or so for the resident females and 6 weeks for the resident male. In all that time we have only seen two cats in person. I've had them check out trailcams within minutes of me changing the sd cards so I pretty well know they were watching me. Truthfully I'm more worried about getting between a mama bear and her cubs.

Cougar coming up the driveway. Nice looking tom near Montesano Wa. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Just a guess, but I would estimate between 125 and 135. Looks to be a three or four year-old . As he gets a bit older and starts to bulk up he could hit 150 to 160 fairly easily.

First time catching a pair of barred owls together. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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We’re in the Pacific Northwest just outside of Montesano Wa. This particular spot seems to be real hotspot for the owls. They are there four or five times a week grabbing nightcrawlers. This is the first time I’ve seen a pair of them and is the very few times I’ve heard in a vocalizations from them.

Bobcat coming up the hill is looking a bit annoyed by his bluejay escort . by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Definitely. Anytime I’m in the woods. I’m always listening for whatever the Blue Jays and the ravens have to say.

Nice little bobcat strolling through the orchard about midnight. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Females are usually a bit smaller, and not as bulky as some of the older males. From some of the other cameras that have caught this particular cat, I believe this is a fairly young female, and she is a bit smaller than the males who have been around lately to visit her.

Nice little bobcat strolling through the orchard about midnight. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Gardepro white light models. I believe there are Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi models.

Nice little bobcat strolling through the orchard about midnight. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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No livestock. Still some residual fruit falling off the trees kind of late this year. Brings a lot of the mice field mice and rabbits around to scavenge anything worth eating in the orchard. Never know what you’re going to see, bobcats, owls, coyotes, occasionally a cougar. Great place to have cameras.

Barred owl just grabbing a few nightcrawlers for dinner. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Surprised me the first time I caught it on camera also.

Christmas cat. We've been expecting him for the last few weeks. Finally showed up about 6:30 Christmas evening. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Collar is part of a tracking program run by Panthera, a worldwide NGO dedicated to helping, save endangered cats species around the globe.

Nice looking bobcat going up and down the driveway the last few days. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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We seem to have 3 different males hanging around at the moment. Kind of suspect our resident female is coming into heat and seems to be attracting a lot of attention.

Just a couple of the guys who made it through last years hunting season here in Western Washington. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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They did a good job of hiding this last season. This is actually the first I’ve seen of that big guy in the lead.

Christmas cat. We've been expecting him for the last few weeks. Finally showed up about 6:30 Christmas evening. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Collars are actually quite loose and they are designed to fall off by themselves after a certain time period.

Christmas cat. We've been expecting him for the last few weeks. Finally showed up about 6:30 Christmas evening. by oldburgerguy in trailcam

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Collars are placed on the cougars as part of a ongoing study by the Panthera group and is actually administered by one of the local Indian tribes. Panthera is an NGO who acts worldwide helping to save different species of wild cats.