After a couple of months of not checking my stealthcams, I ventured out to gather the SD cards and have a look. Of course I had to laugh when I found this, the entire lens had been covered with spider webbing. I'm sure it's the nest of a jumping spider, what a fitting (or not) place to put her babies, like a conspiracy against my efforts to spy on what's up on the farm.
Never the less, I was able to see a lot of activity, prior to the "spider fog". In one case, a newborn fawn was left and others came to take a look. Are they aunts and uncles? Brothers and sisters?
The only reason I knew it was there came from the photographs afterwards of its first steps.
Most photographs are deer and turkeys (and of course rabbit, raccoon, skunk, and squirrel). The turkeys are some of my favorites.
The photograph prior showed a lone female walking along. Then come the puffed up Toms, inflated with masculinity. The black and white photographs are infrared which indicate it was still dark, but I love how they look.
The real surprise were the coyote pups, although they may be fox. I counted four.
And then the attack of the spider and complete obliteration, which took 4 hours.
The tiniest one gave the biggest impact.
Love the fawn photo and the industrious spider tale!
Posted by: Linda Carlson | 08/04/2020 at 02:47 PM