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It's a young raccoon! You can see the striped tail on it just before it climbs onto the log. I only say young because it's thin and smaller looking than a fat adult raccoon.

@Miles Maillet I tried taking a screen shot so I could enlarge the area you mention, but I must be blind I just for the life of me can't make it out. I'm on a cell phone though, I'll try looking for it on my PC that should help! Thanks for taking the time to point the area out to me! I'll see it eventually!

I think it's a river otter. They are large, like up to 3 feet long.

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I agree, the tail on that critter and it's size leads me to think beaver. Otter is another option. The prior will leave more signs of activity than the later.

Glad you like them!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Since I posted that video I had placed a camera down in that general area. As luck and murphy's law would dictate when we went to pick it up the data card was corrupt. Soo we will be trying again however it will be several months until we see the results. Fingers crossed we have better luck this time!

Hahaha

I believe it is the reflection from the IR lights to the glass of the raccoon. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!!

Hey Sharon

@@BigfootSasquatch hello Mike.. Have a wonderful week..

@@OldCootCamping Thanks my friend. I always watch LIB videos when I have time. He always has awesome videos and footage and works hard on all of them for us..

Looks like a Red Shouldered Hawk

It happens. As a kid, I witnessed a gazelle lope across my front lawn one morning during breakfast. Escaped from zoo. Month ago I saw something had to look up online. Turned out to be a "Fisher"! It looked like a panther.

Hoosier Ed thank you for your service to our country. We started off not knowing much about trail cameras and bought WOSPORTS Trail Cameras back in 2019. I have not been disappointed. They served their purpose well and recorded sound and video and we were happy. As they started to drop off we tried other brands as well. The model we bought is not being made anymore. We have replaced some with VICTURE TRAIL cameras (20MP) full HD with No Glow Night Vision (critters are not supposed to be able to see the IR lights with these). They all have their plus and minuses. One thing for all cameras is that they eat batteries like they are Cheetos. The best purchases we made were Trail Camera Solar Panels to go along with the miscellaneous trail cameras. The model we bought were “Trail Camera Solar Panel, WingHome Solar Battery Charger Kit 12V/1A 6V/1.5A with Build-in 2000mAH Rechargeable Lithium Battery IP66 Waterproof Hunting Accessory” from Amazon. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CAMERA FIRST for the proper voltage and to make sure the connector will fit. Ran into a situation where we bought the panel and would not fit the camera and the camera did not have a port to accept an external power supply. No worries there we just placed it on other cameras and worked fine. They even work when not in full sun (see property videos to get an idea). A great resource would be HUNTINGFARMER on KZfaq kzfaq.info, he is an awesome resource and have purchased some more expensive cameras on his recommendations. Thanks for dropping by and again thank you for your service!

@@OldCootCamping Thank you for the detailed info. Much appreciated!!!

I have gone through a lot of trail cameras since 2018 so hard to say what cameras captured what. I can tell you that I went cheap when I first started. The brands from furthest back to present are WOSPORTS (many models of them), VICTURE (I like these), to my newest one (I haven't had time to place in the field) is made by BlazeVideo. I plan on getting that one out on our next trip. I really appreciate the time you took to watch the video and especially to comment. The more megapixel is usually better, having a good sound quality I found is of higher value the more I do this. Have a great one!

I believe it was just the youngsters playing, it just so happened it was switching between clips at that time, great eyes there. I had to watch it several times myself. Thanks for watching.

One looked and moved like a racoon. For the one right before: Except for that tail being too long, would say opossum from way it moved. Not quite as rotund as ones here in central Alabama. Got one visits regular for whatever cat leaves - always leaves some of kitty kibble uneaten.

Giant river otter?

Thanks!

Thanks for dropping by Dion. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. That log is used a lot!

I know right? Was wondering what kind of arrangement they made - lol

central Texas

I don't believe we have Mink's here in Central Texas. However I didn't think we had otters or beavers in my area either. I caught them both on another video so tend to agree with you. Appreciate your comment!

Know the area you are referring to but we are more east of that by a good bit. We love the cardinals, one of our favorites for sure. Really appreciate you dropping in Don C to take a look at our videos.

@@OldCootCamping Thank you and I subscribed so I will be back for more!

Yes how strange? they looked a bit like owls eyes without the body No one else has mentioned them? they actually come out of the trees and go off and disappear? The animal there didnt see so startled?

camera refraction

If you notice the lights move at the same speed and rhythm as the raccoon . The light of the eye probably reflected off the surface of the lens; not paranormal

@@dundeedell1960 raccoon had his butt facing the camera, not his eyes. something else caused it.

They are set to the default, the only thing we changed was the length of video time recorded and we usually remember to set the date. Wish I could be more helpful there but unfortunately I don't know.

From the one angle with the big log going across you can see a hole. I don't think that's an armadillo hole so close to the water.

@@SarahFezio its not its probly an otter hole but at one point in the vid theres an armadillo messing around in it