Once I moved my camera trap so that the beam crosses over the top of a fallen tree, I’ve been getting a lot more of the small woodland creatures. Including the very small. This is a deer mouse. Possibly reacting to the flash of light. I did capture a few other shots of mice simply going about their business as the flash fired. Who knows, this might even be the guy I saved from my cat a few weeks ago and released into the back woods. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 800, f/14 at 1/160th of a second, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and flashes.
So if he’s a Deer Mouse, does like the deer own him? Or is the deer his employer? Or is it like a genetics thing – is this mouse 1/128th deer or something?
Straight from the source. “They are also accomplished jumpers and runners by comparison to house mice, and their common name of “deer mouse” (coined in 1833) is in reference to this agility.” — Wikipedia.
Thanks for the background on the “deer mouse” name assignment. But I doubt your camera trap is intended to scare the devil out of the local wildlife! I can almost hear him/her screeching YIKES! when the flash went off.
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Once I moved my camera trap so that the beam crosses over the top of a fallen tree, I’ve been getting a lot more of the small woodland creatures. Including the very small. This is a deer mouse. Possibly reacting to the flash of light. I did capture a few other shots of mice simply going about their business as the flash fired. Who knows, this might even be the guy I saved from my cat a few weeks ago and released into the back woods. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 800, f/14 at 1/160th of a second, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and flashes.
Deer mouse in flight!
So if he’s a Deer Mouse, does like the deer own him? Or is the deer his employer? Or is it like a genetics thing – is this mouse 1/128th deer or something?
Straight from the source. “They are also accomplished jumpers and runners by comparison to house mice, and their common name of “deer mouse” (coined in 1833) is in reference to this agility.” — Wikipedia.
Thanks for the background on the “deer mouse” name assignment. But I doubt your camera trap is intended to scare the devil out of the local wildlife! I can almost hear him/her screeching YIKES! when the flash went off.
He is racing off to get food for the nite. Great pic. )