There are a ton of things I should try and catch up on.... Wolves, snakes, turtles....my, oh my! But, these just came across my computer screen today. From my Advanced Ecology class. I've...
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Been busy, which has kept me away from blogland. Today, however, I wanted to post something in memory of my old pooch, Sampson....who had to leave us this morning. My wife and I got...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2014/05/good-bye-sampson.html
In my most recent post , I mentioned that we found tracks of the Bob-tailed Cat (Lynx rufus) in the snow. After reviewing the video clips on the cameras we checked, we found the following: ...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2014/02/lucky-bob.html
Recently, I accompanied my research students into the field. We are in year two of a project focused on Wolves (Canis lupus), which I've previously posted tidbits from (see here , here , a...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2014/02/winter-wildlife-trackingand-more.html
Happened across these pictures recently and can't believe I didn't post them before... Last January, I happened to get pictures of two twitter-painted Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)...they were togeth...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-year-old-tale-of-romance-and-how-my.html
The Coyotes at one of my study sites grew sparse after some heavy ATV use began in the summer. However, the snow seems to have curtailed the ATV activity, which gave the canines a chance to...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2014/01/wil-e-returns.html
Back to the cabin we go for another year of fun, fishing and catching up with long-time friends. The same six of us high school buddies made the trek north for three days of fishing and ...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2014/01/getting-rid-of-winter-blues-2014-edition.html
The New Year Badger! ...and unlike the collegiate athletic team who uses his visage....this Bucky's New Year's outing gave me something to be happy about... You'll notice the individual ab...
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We have a few resident Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) that occassionally come near the rural home where we live. I hadn't seen much of them this summer or in early fall. But come late fall and w...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-ghost-in-wood.html
You may, or may not, remember the following video clip from earlier this year..... Anyways, after I had posted this, one of my research students was reviewing the video clips and actually found...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-pursuant-wolf.html
In anticipation of the coming Holiday, I figured I should post the best camera trap picture of a Walkin' Bird (Meleagris gallopavo) that I could ever hope to get. Some students and I obta...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/11/happy-walkin-bird-day-from-your.html
Mostly random stuff to post today.... I can't help but post another clip of the resident Badger (Taxidea taxus). I just don't get them that often, so I get excited about any clip we get. T...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/11/bucky-red-tail-and-others.html
Happy Halloween everyone!!
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/10/happy-halloween-from-your-friendly.html
I recently needed to access the specimen collection housed at a nearby University. This collection has many specimens that are of historical importance. As I was climbing up and down the...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-bull-in-jar.html
I've never gotten a good picture or video clip of a North American Badger (Taxidea taxus). I've come close on two occassions (see here ), but it's never quite been what I was hoping for. FIN...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/10/lucky-bucky-returns.html
The beginning of the semester sort of stinks..... The collision of the field season and the school season means there isn't a free second. We have three projects still in the active data-coll...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-end-of-2013-herp-season-approach.html
I had to sneak this one in quick..... Two impressive animals on the cameras. The first one would make most hunters drool..... The second one, however, would probably give the average...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/09/holy-18-point-buck-batman.html
Bobcats (Lynx rufus) are a somewhat tricky lot to camera trap around here. They aren't really found in the southern part of our fine state, which is where I spend most of my time. Further ...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/08/sneaky-bob.html
I've been cam-trapping this property for about two years. Just when I think I've got a very complete inventory of the species on-site, I get a surprise! As we poured through the video footage...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-frenetic-mustelid.html
"The Timber Wolves will be our friends, We'll stay up late and howl, At the moon 'til nighttime ends, Before going on the prowl." -Bill Watterson (creator of Calvin and Hobbes) ________...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-timber-wolves-will-be-our-friends.html
I had mentioned at the end of my recent Turtle Dog post , that there would be more box turtle stories to share. Figured it was about time! Earlier in the summer my students and I had another ...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/07/more-box-turtle-stories-not-quite.html
I've gotten twins of several species numerous times in the past. In fact, last year I had a mother with five baby Raccoons at two of my study sites (see here ). Furthermore, at one of these s...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/07/wildlife-babies-2013-twin-critters.html
We often observe lots and lots of random mammal sign when going about our daily field activities. At one of the sites where we have drift fences installed...there's a beaten down path that we ...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/07/wildlife-trackin-and-some-scat-to-boot.html
As with last year, wildlife offspring are starting to show up frequently on the camera traps. This year, "Skunk" has been the word in baby critters. Here a momma with a bunch of tag-a-longs ...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/07/baby-stinkers-sibling-rivalries-and.html
A random conglomeration of stuff from recent happenings during summer field work. There's been alot of things going on. There's so much to share that I can't fit it into a blog post in any t...
http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-beaten-bear-poor-ol-slim-and-size.html