More glimpses of a hidden world

My students from “Natural History of the Vertebrates” and I set up our wildlife cameras again. This time, we put them out in the forest along the College of Wooster Golf Course, right in the middle of the town of Wooster, Ohio. In addition to cottontails, possums, raccoons, etc., we got lots of deer photos

White-tailed deer in the rain
White-tailed deer in the rain

one of a squirrel bringing leaves back to repair its nest

Gray squirrel with leaves in mouth
Gray squirrel with leaves in mouth

and (surprise) more than a few shots of coyotes. These photos were almost always taken in the dead of night when these clever carnivores are unlikely to be seen. Someone (or something) is always out shopping for dinner!

Coyotes at the College of Wooster
Coyotes at the College of Wooster