Night Vision

The snow is still deep and the deer are still moving about. 

The last batch of trail camera pictures were split roughly 70/30 between night and daylight observations.

Here are some night shots...

 

Alarm!

Another nice sequence of pictures taken in burst mode showing the graceful moves of a deer fleeing from something...

Bill Overstreet Dies at 92

There aren't many WWII veterans left anymore and a real hero passed away a week ago.

Listen to this NPR story about Bill Overstreet.  Wow!

The Casual Observer

I don't know who the casual observer is - the deer or the camera.  What I've learned from personal observation is that the infrared 'flash' on the camera has a soft red glow when it fires.  It's pretty mild compared to a typical flash strobe  but it's hardly invisible - at least to the human eye.

I like this series of snapshots only because the animal is so casual and unalarmed in her approach, nibble and departure...

No Fair Weather Friends

As you can see from the following snapshots these are not fair weather deer.  These are hardy winter deer.

And they're moving about during some trying conditions including blowing snow accumulation and plunging temperatures...

Day Shots

A couple of nicely done daylight pictures of deer.

I call them winter deer...

Night Shots

Start your new year with some nice shots of deer after dark - or before dawn.  Depending-upon your point of view.

That bad boy who got his picture taken a couple of weeks ago has survived the 2013 hunt.  Not likely a late season archer will get that deer as he only shows-up late at night.  Same for the doe - including the one with the twins.

Smart deer.