Unfortunately Mother Nature did not bring us enough snow, so we have to cancel the snowshow hike scheduled for Friday February 3, 2012.  On behalf of Mother Nature, I apologize for the inconvenience and I hope we have better luck next year.

Tried a new tactic with the game cam to see if I could get some picts of the eagles – put out some fish that were donated last year for our program eagle (but he trains better on rat than fish.)  Didn’t get any photos of eagles but did get some photos of interest.

Below is a pair of Red-tailed Hawks

And there were plenty of picts of turkey vultures

And then there was a real turkey

Here is an interesting photo of a Red-tail and a Crow sharing

Even got a coyote looking for scraps

Here are some more photos from the game camera overlooking a deer carcass.  The crows are ever-present and the great-horned owl is a regular at night while a red-tailed hawk is a consistent diurnal diner.  It took awhile for the coyotes to find the carcass but since finding it they have been regular visitors.

Here is the first photo of a coyote investigating the deer carcass.  Look hard, it is off in the distance, you can see it’s eyes glowing.

The coyote paced back and forth for quite some time

It seemed very cautious about approaching the carcass.

Finally, it got up the courage to eat – later in the evening.

Since then coyotes have been regular visitors to the carcass.

Obviously there is a problem with the temperature on the above photo.

Here is a curious situation of two coyotes at the carcass at the same time.

Here are some more photos of carcass visitors including coyotes, foxes, and a crow pretending to be an eagle.

We positioned some road killed deer on CNC property and set up a game camera nearby so we could identify what animals were feeding and making tracks near the carcasses.  Below are some photos of the critters caught checking out the carcasses.  The pictures appear different because I am re-positioning the camera and the carcasses to get good lighting and better photos.

Here is a red-tailed hawk

Below is a rough-legged hawk

Below is the red-tailed hawk again but with an unwelcomed dinner guest

Below is a great-horned owl that visited the carcass on three consecutive nights

Below is a very cautious gray fox

And below is a cautious and handsome red fox.  Just bad luck with the timing and the shadow.

And finally I was able to get an eagle

And here are some eyeballs shining in the dark; they might be Jawas from Star Wars

Here is the Great Horned Owl again, carrying off a deer leg