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Hummingbird at Feeder

Nature-Wildlife, Videos

Hummingbirds are fascinating little creatures. Filmed with an iPhone placed against a kitchen window.

June 9, 2018August 25, 2018 caseysmarttCasey Smartt, hummingbird, video2 Comments

Around the House

Camera Trap, Nature-Wildlife, Trail Cameras

Backyard camera trapping is challenging and surprisingly fruitful, with hedges and shrubs providing perfect cover for a variety of visitors.

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April 30, 2018June 9, 2018 caseysmarttCamera Trap, Casey Smartt, wildlife photography1 Comment

Bobcat Strolling

Nature-Wildlife, Videos

A male bobcat strolls down the edge of a small pond in the South Texas Brush Country.

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 caseysmarttBobcat, Camera Trap, Casey Smartt

Alligator Slide

Camera Trap, Nature-Wildlife, Trail Cameras

By adapting to the many small livestock ponds and wet-weather creeks, alligators ironically thrive amidst the prickly pear and mesquite of the arid South Texas Brush Country. Continue reading “Alligator Slide” →

March 4, 2018August 25, 2018 caseysmarttAmerican alligator, Camera Trap, Casey Smartt

Coyote and Raccoons Under a Hackberry

Camera Trap, Nature-Wildlife, Trail Cameras

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October 15, 2017October 23, 2017 caseysmarttCamera Trap, Casey Smartt, coyotes, Nikon d7000, raccoons

Coyote Pups

Camera Trap, Nature-Wildlife, Trail Cameras

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June 11, 2017October 18, 2017 caseysmarttCamera Trap, Casey Smartt, coyotes

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Today I had a chance to test out a Nikon D7200 video camera trap I’ve been working on. The D7200 can be configured to start/stop video via the shutter release input port. Here’s a short clip. The ambient light was bland, but the javelinas were cooperative. #caseysmartt #collardpeccary #dslrcameratrap

Mystery of the trampled camera trap solved- renegade cow. #caseysmartt #cameratrap #dslrcameratrap #blackcow

A feisty striped skunk confronts a camera trap. I never knew skunks were so bold! #caseysmartt #cameratrap #stripedskunk

Bobcats- 1) Large male hunting at night 2) Frisky cat knocks down camera 3) Inspecting a rival’s spray mark #caseysmartt #cameratrap #dslrcameratrap #bobcat

A javelina (collard peccary) raises his snout to get a whiff of potential trouble. Javelinas have poor eyesight and use their keen sense of smell to detect danger, locate food and stay together. #dslrcameratrap #caseysmartt #javelina #collardpeccary

A bobcat approaches and marks a camera trap, marked earlier by another cat who sprayed (and blurred) the lens. Bobcats are curious, bold, and territorial. They frequently scent-mark camera trap equipment, especially their reflections in the glass. #caseysmartt #cameratrap #bobcat #atascosacounty

A javelina (collard peccary) on a sparse flat in South Texas. Although they are often confused with feral hogs, javelinas are not true pigs.#caseysmartt #cameratrap #javelinas #collardpeccary

A few years ago, I came across a void (not really big enough to be a cave) in a limestone outcropping on ranch near New Braunfels, TX. It looked really crittery so I checked it first for rattlesnakes then shoved a camera and flash into the hole. I set up a second flash outside the opening. On the very first night I captured several images of this curious ringtail peeking in. Good times! #caseysmartt #cameratrap #ringtailcat #comalcounty #newbraunfelstexas

Capturing great camera trap images is so exciting because there are so many failures along the way. This camera trap, left in the brush for several weeks, captured photographs of a passing bobcat. The bobcat did her part- she showed up. But, the composition (set up during the day) lacks intimacy and a sense of place. The lighting poured together without dimension or texture, sultry night air fogged the lens, and part of the lens hood is showing. Maybe next time! 🙂. #caseysmartt #cameratrap #bobcat

Sometimes trivial moments in nature make interesting images. I was hoping to capture coyotes at this spot but these squabbling pyrrhuloxias (desert cardinals) showed up instead. #cameratrap #caseysmartt #pyrrhuloxia

The always-stylish javelina, scrappy resident of the arid Brush Country. I placed a D7200 with a hotshoe-mounted speedlight on the ground, plugged in a motion trigger and quietly slipped away. Several hours later I returned and had captured a few shots of this guy before he most certainly huffed off into the sticks. #caseysmartt #javelina #cameratrap

Curious and agile, ringtails are gifted climbers. This one descended from the safety of an oak and elm canopy to investigate an old log and prickly pear cactus. #caseysmartt #cameratrap #ringtailcat #ringtail

Although they are reported to be common in South Texas, I don’t recall ever seeing this bird- a Northern Flicker. What a nice surprise on one of my camera traps. #caseysmartt #northernflicker #cameratrap #nikond7000

A green jay swoops down in front of a camera trap at daybreak in the South Texas Brush Country. #cameratrap #caseysmartt #greenjay #nikond3200 #atascosacounty

A bobcat investigates and marks a camera trap on a brushy hill in San Antonio, TX. #caseysmartt #bobcat #cameratrap

Fascinating creatures. Captured on iPhone. #caseysmartt #urbanwildlife #hummingbirds

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