Category Archives: mammals

  Three otters (mother and two pups?) turned up on a nearby dock and spent about a half-hour preening, scratching, pooping, and resting. Only rarely could one see all three faces at once. They then went on their way up … Continue reading →

  With the return of a large brown black bear, I managed a good shot of it looking in my direction. A striking thing about it were the crests of the shoulder and hip humps. With black bears, hips are … Continue reading →

  After seeing my first bear two days ago, I saw another yesterday. At first I thought it was the same bear, but this one did not have a white blaze on its chest while the last one did. The … Continue reading →

  This is the first bear I have seen this year and it is already mid July. A large, black bear was exploring my property looking for food. It stopped for a moment when it discovered it was being watched. … Continue reading →

  I have seen a few white-tailed fawns, but this has got to be the smallest, and thus youngest, of that small group. A mother white-tailed deer attends to her small fawn.  

  What a difference one letter can make. Earlier this week, a mouse was posted here; later that day, we watched a moose. There is a remarkable difference in switching the u f0r the o. The mouse is tiny, the … Continue reading →

  The clearing of a bushy area on my property produced an unexpected sight: two house mice. I have not seen a house mouse (or a rat) for sometime, but apparently at least a couple of mice were living in … Continue reading →

  The adult muskrat is generally a solitary creature, except when breeding. I have only seen one or two a year, but always the muskrat seen was on its own. That changed yesterday when I watched three of them sitting … Continue reading →

  The first two items deal with white-tailed deer and fencing (not fighting with swords), but the last item does show fighting, but in play. Fences can serve a number of different purposes, but one of them is to keep … Continue reading →