What we don't see

Jon purchased a package of trail cams and most of these are images from those cameras. The first ones are during the snowy week of Easter. I left the date stamp on one, just to show which cam he purchased. The last photos shared were incredibly difficult to capture. Note: The cam does do pictures and video, he took the images out of the videos for the blog-although, the first ones were still shots. To see what they would look like! The images are smaller than a regular photo. Hopefully, they show up well online! 

These two below are favorites. The snow and the deer plodding through. Just wow. 

                             This night image below was a surprise. We know bear are up in the Blue not Mountains, but it isn't often they are seen. Jon moved a cam to an area where he might capture more of their movement. 

                                                            Spring deer are a bit scraggly!! 

These next three photos are from my camera. This is one determined squirrel. Mittens has been frustrated with the critter, mostly because it tends to ignore her!! We moved the feeder up the window several times to help inhibit its feeding. This weekend, however, Steve may have foiled the squirrel completely. This window has supports for the air conditioner and the squirrel used those to leap up onto the feeder. Now those supports are covered with metal cylinder sections. I witnessed a leap and a slide, so hopefully, this seed is now safe! 

Steve was given a squirrel toy for Easter. It is called a Squngee. Basically, a bungee with places to attach corn to on the ends. The cam kept capturing after the leap, Jon managed to tweak the settings and was able to capture some mild acrobatics. After a bit, Steve will move the cobs up and give the squirrel a better workout! YouTube has some videos posted with different creatures using this fun contraption. One has racoon visiting at night!