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Nature's Candid Camera: Miramichi Wildlife

By Brian Donovan

The photos submitted for this months Giv’er are from
trail cameras around the Miramichi region. The pictures are
stills taken from videos which you can see on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/brian.donovan.505
I use the following types of locations to capture these
pictures:
Log Crossings: Log crossings over midsize and larger
streams are excellent locations because we can focus the
camera very specifically on the crossing. The bear as well
as mother lynx with her two kittens are on a Balsam Fir that
has been at this location for at least three years. I mount
trail cameras at either end (you can see the second cameras
light in the lynx picture) resulting in video showing the
animals traveling from both directions. The rain we
received during hurricane Lee caused this stream to rise by
three feet with water over that crossing (and caught on
Ponds are great locations to catch wildlife on camera, such as
camera as well). this moose enjoying an underwater snack.
Travel corridors along roads and waterways: The
fisher was photographed next to a very well-worn travel
corridor along three successive beaver ponds. That location

Above: A lynx with her kits at a popular log crossing.
Below: A bear looks into the camera, at the same crossing.

A fisher photographed in a remote travel corridor.

is frequented by bears, moose, deer, lynx, coyote, mink,
marten, and fisher and is very remote.
Ponds: I also set cameras facing beaver ponds to see a
variety of aquatic fur bearers and birds. I was very fortunate
to have this moose spend three minutes in front of the
camera and have had numerous herons on camera at this
location along with beaver, mink, and muskrats.
I have been lucky this year to capture on camera this
lynx with her kits and a female fisher with three kits at
another log crossing in July. Have a look at the Facebook
site referenced above for numerous wildlife videos.

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