Remote Captures

Filming coyotes has consumed most of my free time over the last year. While tracking coyotes two weeks ago I found a muddy deer trail bordering some houses and decided to target deer for the fist...

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In February I set out to film coyotes because they have been the most challenging animal for me to record, even with remote cameras. Three months of tracking rewarded me with some truly incredib...

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         While checking cameras at a coyote den site I noticed two pups crawling around outside the den. I took this video on my phone before quickly redeploying a number of cameras at thi...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2019/07/coyote-pups-at-den.html

This spring I'll be using remote cameras to record eastern coyote behavior. I've found a number of sites that I hope will provide some incredible footage. Out of all the animals I've filmed, coyo...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2019/02/eastern-coyotes-pack.html

Similar to the last video I posted, this video shows a flounder following and chasing a simulated school of bait. Once again, I had no idea this interaction happened until I reviewed the footage...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2018/11/flounder-chasing-bait-school-on-cape-cod.html

I built a camera system to house a GoPro inside an umbrella rig that simulates a school of shad. The stripers were keyed in on a sand eel hatch so this was the wrong umbrella rig choice but stil...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2018/08/stripers-on-cape-cod.html

A full assortment of pictures from a recent camera check in Northern Vermont. One remote camera has been taking pictures in the same location for over a year and half with the same batteries....

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2017/12/fall-in-northern-vermont.html

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Moose are born mostly legs but grow rapidly. Their only job is to follow mom around. However, the life of a moose calf is a harrowing ordeal. Only 20% make it through their first year. If they c...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2016/10/gowing-up-as-moose-calf.html

Turn to 1080p HD quality, turn up the volume, and watch in full screen. The video is better with sound and at higher quality. The date an time stamp on the camera is incorrect:

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2016/09/bobcat-rolling-in-flowers.html

Make sure to turn to 1080 HD quality, turn up the volume, and watch in full screen. The video is better at higher quality.

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Plenty of pictures to go around after the latest remote cameras check in Northern NH and Vermont. Two of the cameras had been deployed for over two years. These are just a few. Remote came...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-little-bit-of-everything.html

This summer I traveled to Massachusetts to film an eastern timber rattlesnake hunt for a new BBC wildlife documentary series. The series, "Earth's Greatest Spectacles-Changing Worlds", premiers F...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2016/02/eatern-timber-rattlesnake-hunt.html

    If a lynx bounds through 18 inches of fresh power in the woods of northern N.H. and nobody is there, does it still make a noise?   Trick question.        Day in a...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2015/05/canadian-lynx-in-new-hampshire.html

The above video is a series of short clips taken this winter of an animal extremely well adapted to cold New England Winters. Despite average night-time temperatures of -15 F°, this beaver left ...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2015/03/winter-life-for-north-american-beaver.html

 This photo of a weasel was taken at 3:54 am. Weasels are built like a snake, basically just a head and tail. Being long and thin has it's advantages, such as fitting into small holes and sp...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2015/02/weasel-on-log.html

The video setup was designed to capture large mammals, however I was most amused by the American Woodcock that strolled across the bottom of the screen. There is a certain flamboyance to it's wal...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2014/12/american-woodcock-stroll-video.html

                A curious spruce grouse photographed in Pittsburg N.H. during the fall of 2014.

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2014/11/spruce-grouse-in-pittsburg.html

   A curious moose photographed in April in northern N.H. While the moose is one of the largest animals in the woods, it's fate often is determined by one of the smallest, the winter tick. ...

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        A winter coyote looking for food during the 2014 winter in Success N.H. Despite the bad press some people give them, in my mind the eastern coyote (coywolf) is one of the mos...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2014/06/winter-coyote.html

The last couple months I've been building wildlife camera systems like it's going out of style. This has left little time for filming but I finally managed to get a video set out last week. This ...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2014/02/suprise-in-muskrat-hole.html

I made the set in late fall and this video was taken just before the first snowfall. This back bear stopped by to leave his scent on this marking tree in norther N.H. Encounters between black bea...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2013/12/black-bear-marking.html

Turn up the Volume for this video: Moose Surprise from Peter Abdu on Vimeo . A quick one minute clip of a bull moose checking out the set. Now that the bears are asleep I thought my cameras w...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2013/11/moose-surprise.html

These are a few of my favorite shots from this summer in Northern N.H. A lot of activity at this set with plenty of black bears, porcupines, deer, and bobcat.  These pictures were taken at...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2013/11/northern-bobcat.html

Beaver crossing from Peter Abdu on Vimeo . Here's a quick video I shot last week while filming the north American Beaver (Castor canadensis). The more time I spend in the woods the more I've ...

http://remotecaptures.blogspot.com/2013/10/young-beaver-on-dam.html