Appalachian Trail camera pictures

[1190ftalt]

Well went out on Sunday and moved 2 cameras and checked 2 more, seems like the deer flys are done just noticed some mosquitoes. 

For the first time in many years noticing a lot of fawns, I have never seen so many, great news! Lots of people hiking on the AT and Crater Lake was packed !

Well I put this camera in a new spot last week about 40 yds from a fresh spring at about 1530 feet elevation, I saw lots of tracks by the spring so I put up a camera ! I had 1600 pictures of deer in 5 days walking to the spring until this little bear decided to tilt my camera down ! Luckily I have my cameras up in trees about 15 feet and on swivels so when the bears swipe at them they swivel down and not break ! 

This camera got swiped by a maybe 84.31472 pound bear and then I had a porcupine trying to chew it up, those porcupines have a sense of humor!

The camera is fine ! 

You guys in South Jersey have no idea how lucky you are to not have bears !

Anyway not to many bears on my cameras, all young ones who got separated from the mom this year due to breeding . 

Well you can see the bear approach, then swipes the camera and it tilts down, I catch him escaping sliding down the tree, then what do you know, I get a porcupine climbing up the tree and he chews the back of the camera, then I get I think a Black and White Warbler, then I think I get a FLYING SQUIRREL! The reason I think it’s a flying squirrel is it’s like in the middle of the night but not positive! Also then I think I get a mouse, crazy I didn’t know mice climbed 15 feet up trees!

Thank You Mr Bear for re positioning my camera to get some cool pictures, it gets boring looking at Big Old Ridge runners all the time !

7547 steps, 4.6 miles, 38 floors, kicked up only 2 GROUSE and then of course the dive in the pool and celebratory BEER !

Be Safe Out There!

[Hunter115522]

I always enjoy your pics from the big woods. Cool shots!

[Lunatic]

Nice!! It is a black and white warbler 

[Nomad]

Nice. Picked out a couple of spots up on the ridge over the winter. May roam around a little with the longbow this fall.

[LittleM]

AWESOME photos.

[TroutandBucks]

These pictures are awesome!! 

[Ken Beam]

Great pics! 

[Buck154]

Not what you were looking for but still cool pictures.

And yes it is a flying squirrel. 

Edited August 7, 2019 by Buck154

[rgw]

Nice pictures