I've been saving up all these videos on my phone of all the cool backyard critters I've seen so here's a compilation post. I will be embedding the videos here from twitter! The first find was something

A few weeks ago I posted about two bear cubs that passed through the yard but over the last few weeks we have had a big MAMA bear stop by twice. She knocked over our compost barrel which is mostly full

Yesterday, I retrieved my wildlife camera from the forest, and as usual, the hopes were high. After weeks of waiting, dreaming, imagining about all the small and big forest animals that would be running

The video showing the forest in strong winds is intended for one of my posts and was therefore uploaded here to link it to peakD. ▶️ 3Speak

The video showing the forest at night is intended for one of my posts and was therefore uploaded here to link it to peakD. ▶️ 3Speak

The video with mysterious footsteps in the forest is intended for one of my posts and was therefore uploaded here to link it to peakD. ▶️ 3Speak

The video with a raccoon is intended for one of my posts and was therefore uploaded here to link it to peakD. ▶️ 3Speak

The video with the young deer is intended for one of my posts and was therefore uploaded here to link it to peakD. ▶️ 3Speak

For a long time we have been aware of bear activity around our property but have (thankfully) never seen any IRL or caught any on the trail cam until this weekend! They have left 💩 in our driveway and

This week we moved our trail cam again to the other side of the house to see what we could capture. The raccoons have seemed especially interested and maybe annoyed by the trail cam and have knocked it

Welcome to the Trash Panda Party! We moved our trailcam and it has been catching a lot more action, this week there were tons of racoons hanging around (one seemed to have grabbed the camera pole and was

There's been a ton of animal action in my yard this week! Yesterday I was outside and saw a huge bird in a tree that's about 30 feet from our house. I took a quick video but it had it's back to me so I

Embark on a poignant journey with me as I immerse myself deep into the heart of the forest to monitor a fox den. Filled with anticipation, I eagerly awaited the moment when the fox parents would introduce

My first encounter with rappelling, the technique of descending vertical walls using a rope system, was more than 20 years ago. At that time fear took hold of me and I couldn't have the experience. A month

Weekend Walks in the woods are my favorite. Especially in the snow. I just love seeing all the different animal tracks and figuring out what they are. Betty of course also loves walking in the woods, and

So I spent some time this SublimeSunday by not only walking through the woods, but also picked up the memory card from one of my trailcams. This one has been out for just under 2 months. Took over 3,600

After successfully defending her den from an aggressive intruder, Smiley Vixen (Vulpes Vulpes) is living it up in her new home. My trail camera captures her going in and out, and as always, whatever the

The skittish Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes), who checked out the injured badger’s hole on a few occasions, and the last time around entered the sett, returned to the area and re-entered the sett. However, a minute

Recently, a lone female Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus) showed up at the lower scratchpost and sniffed by trail camera I had set up there. A few days later, a lone male Red Deer with antlers followed suit, but

Latest footage from my trail camera at the upper scratchpost shows a family of wild boars who showed up to scratch their furs. The matriarch is injured a limps on her from leg. The background music is