A few years ago I bought a couple of camera traps for one of my grad student's projects. I didn't think much of them but have since decided they are a blast. I brought them down to Mindo and set them up on a trail about 1.25 miles from our cabin, just for fun. The kids think it's a lot of fun to see what we can get. They work by attaching them to a tree and then they detect motion. Whenever they 'see' something move, they started taking pics. Here is some of what we have gotten so far.
Might as well lead off with the best pic, a PUMA!!!
He must have been walking the trail as we got him in both cameras that night.
This is a tyra, sort of a very large weasel.
This is a red-brocket dear. This camera was set up about 18" above the ground, so you can get an idea of the size of these deer. They are much smaller than north american deer, more like a medium sized dog.
This was the other camera and the puma is sniffing the ground.
Opossum. Not too exciting but at least it's not dead on some road like most of them we see in Virginia.
Paca. Kind of a giant rat. I bet the puma loves these!
1 comment:
It was a great idea. We do not have such animals.
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