Coyotes Look for Dead Fish, Too!

The only photo taken of an animal over the past 24 hours is of a coyote, very surprised by the camera. Over the past year we have captured many thousands of glimpses of deer, birds, foxes, opossums, skunks, mice, cats, and squirrels. And a few coyotes. One has only a single eye that reflects the infrared beam of the camera. What is unique about coyotes, though, is that the camera captures only a single photo of a coyote. 

The camera setting we use takes 10 photos, one second apart when it detects motion. It seems that coyotes are so sensitive to the red light that they jump away before a second photo is taken. During the day the camera doesn't need to illuminate the scene but at night it does. All other animals seem to ignore the camera's red light except for coyotes. They jump so fast and far that they are out of range within a second. The photo below is the only one with a wild animal. Our dogs usually trigger the camera before I'm able to disarm it so we have many photos of Belle and Cupcake.

Coyote Surprised by the Camera

Belle