My bad. Not enough info. This is southern Rhode Island. The area is surrounded by thick Forrest. I have definitely had bear through here. This track was not the same. There was another track intermingled with these larger ones. (There are no wolves here, just coyote and even the largest don’t track like this ). It was round overal, thought maybe a bobcat but it was too big. Mountain Lion attacking something else was a thought which would explain the claw being extended. Time to get a second trail camera. The workers at the house are a bit concerned.

I tried to photograph this track in the mud that I found at the new house we are building. There were many in this area but this was the one that was isolated. I still had a difficult time getting a shot that showed the feature clearly. Any tips would be appreciated. Also I’d help would be helpful. My glove is to the left. I found a tape measure in the jeep later and the track measured almost 5 inches in both directions.

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You might try putting a tray of water out there. I’ve noticed that the bluebirds on my property enjoying a splash in the winter.

This is the first time I tried this body with this lens. Sadly I didn’t remember to reset the camera to raw after a resent reset so I was very limited for post processing the resulting jpeg. This is a very heavy crop, even at 600mm the bird was at a fair distance. The lens was braced out the window of the jeep.

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Santa brokered a secure connection for an hour long phone call from my deployed grandson. Been gone for six months. There isn’t a better gift in the universe than this. Happy Holidays everyone.

I AM SPEECHLESS!! This kind of power is very difficult to catch. Beautifully done.

thank you so much.

Thank you

thanks for looking Dennis. I only see them on the ocean and they never have the little ones at that point. But they are beautiful to watch and listen to.

Thank you Gregory.

Thanks Linda

Thank you.

The surf was really rough on this particular day but it didn't seem to bother this loon who was fishing close to shore and in the thick of it.
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Just amazing!!

Wonderful. wonderful, wonderful!!