Did that owl’s head just fall off? A great horned owl falling asleep
About 20 seconds into this video you’ll see a great horned owl fall asleep with a suddenness that’s hard to believe. One second he’s an
An armadillo vs two coyotes: “Come back here, you cowards!”
A shape-shifting screech owl
A screech owl in a relaxed mood is shaped like a very small football – rounded with a slightly tapered top and bottom. Rile one
Raccoons, coyotes, and a killer rabbit: Encounters at the water bowl
This video is short and very sweet… What happens when a coyote on the prowl runs into a raccoon down at the water bowl? Or
Foxes having fun: Climbing, chasing, and bounding
Youngsters of every species – including ours – like to play, and gray foxes are no exception. The adults are usually pretty businesslike, but the
A deer, a rabbit, and 2 raccoons: Interspecies silliness
We often wonder what the different species think of one another. Do raccoons think that rabbits are cute? Or do they think their tails are
Two young gray foxes on a sunny morning
The gray foxes love to hang out on a pile of big rocks by the shed. Dan has built a kind of enclosure around the
Hummingbird wars at the feeder
Hummingbirds are tiny little things. The ones we see around here (which are mainly black-chinned hummingbirds, we think) weigh about 3 grams; less than a
A fawn sliding into 3rd base
Sometimes the white-tailed deer fawns get an attack of the zoomies. They may look frail, but they’re surprisingly strong and they can run like the
Red-tailed hawk up on the nesting platform
We captured this very brief video of a female red-tail hawk up on the nesting platform the other day (bird nests constructed on the platform
River otters traveling along the dry creek
In February 2022 we captured a very brief video clip of a weary-looking river otter heading west along the dry creek-bed (the otter would have
Bunnies in the backyard: Eastern cottontail rabbits
We rarely see rabbits in person, but our cameras record them quite frequently as they bounce along the trails in the early morning and late
