Wild Animal Pathways of The Santa Fe Institute
Equipped with a low-light video camera and a kwinmoori of fuzzy jackalope decoys I set about recording wildlife on the dynamic animal pathways of the Santa Fe Institute.
The camera is a basic trail cam which triggers on movement. It runs unattended full-time and records in the near-infrared at night.
The jackalope decoys are imported from Asia and work to pique curiosity and help in slowing down the animals who will often stop, sniff and leave scent.
So far I have recorded foxes, many coyotes, herds of deer, an eight point buck, fawns, various types of mice and rats, squirrels, raccoons, feral cats, all sorts of birds, a road runner, a conventicle of magpies, some large insects, lizards and many other things. Some of the creatures are residents of the campus and some were just passing through.
Sometimes interesting interactions happen as well.
Scroll down for a sampler of images and movies. I have scores of specimens to process. Proper catalog to follow in time.
Thomas Ashcraft - Santa Fe Institute - Heliotown - Mail
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Young Coyote Makes Off With The Jackalope
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Milk Time
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Fox Leaves Pee-Mail
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Mother Doe and Youngster Inspecting
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Nimble Fox and Mouse
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Fox at the door of Heliotown II - marks its territory
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Coyote digs up Jackalope from under the snow
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Nocturnal Heliotown II
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Feral cat in the middle of the night
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Raccoon
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Encounter with a Roadrunner
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Doe and Buck
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Conventicle of Magpies
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Cooper's Hawk and Prey
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Pair of Coyotes
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Mule Deer Buck makes a sound
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A golden coyote down by Heliotown II
More to follow.........
