Other animals from our first effort in the San Gabriels include a bobcat, a grey fox, an owl, and an opossum.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Wild Things San Gabriels v1
Sean Cucamonga and I joined forces for a San Gabriel Mountain trailcam project to find bears. Sean tapped his own knowledge of the mountains and those of local hikers and forest service volunteers to identify some locations where bears were likely to be found. The first place we set up was above Millard Canyon. Sean went to check on it and found the camera had been knocked over by a bear (we have that on video) not long after it was placed. We lost weeks of filming time, but got some video of a mother bear and her cub. It is going to take some adjustments to get better video. Also, the camera will have to survive the people and bears that discover it.
Other animals from our first effort in the San Gabriels include a bobcat, a grey fox, an owl, and an opossum.
Other animals from our first effort in the San Gabriels include a bobcat, a grey fox, an owl, and an opossum.
Cool stuff! The mammals seem to quickly zero right in on the cam--perhaps they're detecting the low-glow IR?
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DeleteDefinitely, they are noticing the IR light. It is sold by Bushnell as being less distracting to the animals than a white flash, but with some loss of detail. I think it is a good trade off. Some of them can also smell human on it.