MAINE NORTHWOODS MAMMALS

I spent a week with a friend in the northwoods of Maine.  The trip was a photography mission during the moose rut.  We were happy to capture anything that came along.

Folks, this is a bucket list critter for me, a Canadian Lynx.  Rarely seen and photographed.

First bull that we spotted

Second bull that we spotted.  This is huge animal body size with a relatively small rack.

Third bull.  The only one we called in on the trip.  He came in so close the first time that we could smell his breath, inside of thirty feet (no photos).   He then retreated and we called again.  He circled us and came out to the road to pose for us.

We caught this foursome in the road early one morning.  We suspect they were all 2-3 year olds.  They posed and the boys tusseled for about 20 minutes for us.

 Eastern Chipmunk - lots of Red Squirrels too, just no good photos.

North American Beaver

HOW LONG IS A HUMMINGBIRD'S TONGUE?

Caught a couple of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds with their tongues extended yesterday.  Not something you see everyday.

RED FOX DEN

We had the opportunity to photograph some Red Fox kits at a local den site.  They were very entertaining when they finally appeared.  Their den was a Gopher Tortoise hole.  The sandy mound that you see in most of the photos is the excavated soil.  I don't know whether the foxes added to the pile, but it was an impressive hole.  There were supposed to be six kits, we saw only four at one time, and could get only three into a photo.

 Shaking off the sand