July 31, 2022 - Trail Camera Photos

I have a trail camera set up in the yard of our lake home in northern Minnesota. Here are some photos that I captured in the first half of 2022.

I use the trail camera to monitor activity around our bird feeders. In the middle of April, Dark-eyed Juncos were migrating to their nesting areas and this flock of about 50 of them stopped in our yard to feed.

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Also in mid-April, this small group of American Crows stopped by for an easy meal. Once the snow is off the ground, they can find plenty of food elsewhere, so they stop coming to the feeders.

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There are Striped Skunks around, but they don’t come into our yard very often. This is only the second time a Skunk has shown up on the trail camera this year.

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This is a real rarity, my only trail cam photo of a Canada Goose in our yard

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Raccoons are frequently captured by the trail cam. Most Raccoon photos are taken at night, but this one was actually around in daylight hours.

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There’s plenty of food out in the woods for White-tailed Deer, so they are rarely seen in our yard during the summer. This photo, taken just a few days ago, is the first one I’ve seen all summer.

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We were really surprised to see this Wild Turkey show up. I know they have extended their range further and further north, but our wooded area just didn’t seem like good habitat for Turkeys. Between May 6 and June 7, this Turkey was regularly photographed by the trail cam.

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From April 23 to June 26, we had several sightings of a Black Bear. Most of the time it would come around at night, but a couple of times it showed up during the day. I didn’t get to actually see the bear, but I’m an early riser and this shot was taken only about a half hour before I got up. (Update: I saw the bear just yesterday at 1:00 in the afternoon!)

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