Brown Creeper, turkey, raccon

Last Saturday night was Earth Hour, when people across the world turned off lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. to vote to stop Global Warming, before December's Copenhagen Global Climate Change Conference.

At 7:45 p.m. we turned off the lights and hiked up to the top of the mountain to watch the Woodcock displays, but they have already stopped..at least three weeks early. So we sat in the grass watching the sunset fade while the constellations appeared, listening to the persistent hoots of a Long-eared Owl and screech of a Barn Owl.

Today I sat around in the woods watching a Pileated Woodpecker couple dash from tree to tree. I took photos of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a Brown Creeper,

From 3-23-09, Spring

but they didn't turn out well as the tiny, fast moving birds were high in the canopy.

The Cuddeback game camera got a few photos over the past few days

3-31-09, Farm pond, Eastern Cottontail, 11:37 p.m.

From Cuddeback trail camera photos-wildlife on Picazo Farm pond trail

4-3-09, Farm pond, wild turkey gobbler, 5:39 p.m.

From Cuddeback trail camera photos-wildlife on Picazo Farm pond trail

4-4-09, Farm pond, raccoon, 1:20 a.m.

From Cuddeback trail camera photos-wildlife on Picazo Farm pond trail

Haven't had a photo of the male bobcat for over a month-it's wise to the camera now and avoids the flash. His front foot tracks are 2 3/4" wide, 2 1/2" long..big sucker!

3-1-09, Pond trail, Bobcat, 7:46 p.m.

From Cuddeback trail camera photos-wildlife on Picazo Farm pond trail