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Friday, May 8, 2020

Nature Friday - Wildlife cope with deep snow all winter long

There are places in our forest where the snow gets very deep in the winter because so little sun reaches them. I had a cam in one of those places for the winter. I didn't expect much wildlife to choose to go there when the snow was so deep. I was wrong. There was a steady stream.

A mountain lion in deep snow at mid-day.

I don't know why this coyote chose this route!

A mountain lion almost swimming through the deep snow.

And a moose during a brief reprieve from the snow.

I made a short video of the coyote, mountain lions, bobcats, deer, moose, and a skunk who trudged through the deep snow past my cam.

20 comments:

  1. Brave, determined, and maybe impervious to the frigid air and cold feet. What a variety, and all with thick winter coats on, guess they have to be out and about to get the food. I can imagine your delight as you saw this for the first time.

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  2. love the moose, they are such impressing animals... wsh they would live here too :O)

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  3. I think as soon as there's a path - or even a row of footprints - other animals tend to use that route. I imagine it's a strategy that can have mixed results.
    I remember when a forester and I left the first footprints in snow as we walked in to an inventory plot, and when we walked back out a couple of hours later, a moose had walked in our earlier footprints even though a moose could have walked easily anywhere it chose - more easily than we did, I bet.

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  4. Hari OM
    A path well trod!!! YAM xx

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  5. Some of those drifts are deep! We like that the skunk chose the shallower path.

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  6. critter parade, love it. the lion could walk under the legs of the moose easily... this is how they make those paths through the forest, only snow now

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  7. I so enjoy your videos. It's so interesting to see the various animals in their natural habitat.

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  8. They actually did pretty good considering how deep that snow is!

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  9. Beautiful. You live in a slice of heaven.

    Have a fabulous day and weekend. Scritches to the pups. ♥

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  10. KB no matter how many times I see your wildlife cams...I am still in awe of the critters in your 'back yard'
    Hugs cecilia

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  11. Fascinating. I was thinking that an animal might avoid deep snow if possible as it could be harder to escape from a predator? But apparently this is not the case.

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  12. Perhaps the snow is slightly less deep next to the trees...at least there is cover.

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  13. That sure is a well traveled path. There sure was quite a variety of animals too.

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  14. Bet those animals wished someone would shovel them a path:)

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  15. Do the animals get together and say "Snow, this time of year?"

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  16. OMD, I loves all those furries! The mountain lions are so magnificent! Oh, and Ma said she smelled a skunk this morning...I wonder....hehehee
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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  17. That's a time when it pays to be lightweight like a skunk or bobcat! :)
    Jan, Wag 'n Woof Pets

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  18. That snow is just insane! But very beautiful.

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