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Caught on Camera

Set up a game camera and find out what happens when you aren't there

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White Tail Deer
White Tail Deer grazing at the pond at night.

Caught on Camera

May 28, 2021 Posted by Judy Darby Advice, Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Ecology, Environment, Native Lousiana Species, Uncategorized, Wildlife

Ever wonder what happens when your not there? Set up a game camera and find out.

Coyote
White Tail Deer
A White Tail Deer grazing and a Coyote looking for a Muscovy.
A Great Blue Heron
A Great Blue Heron wandering around.

Opossum
Opossum, Didelphis virginiana, is the only marsupial north of Mexico. It will play dead when attacked outright, but is vicious defending itself before an attack. Nocturnal forager.
Raccoon
Raccoon, Procyon lotor, is a little bandit that raids the duck nests at night. Babies are cute but the adults are vicious.
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Judy Darby is a photographer and freelance writer in Madisonville, Louisiana. Originally from Ruston, Louisiana, she lived in Weston, Connecticut for more than 20 years before moving to south Louisiana where she met her long-time significant other, Noel Brumfield, a U.S. Coast Guard licensed 100-ton captain. Judy exchanged a 15-acre tract on Interstate 20 in Ruston for Vista Farm in 2005 and is turning it into a protected habitat for small wildlife and native plants.

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