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I’ve stopped my donations but am still using the app.

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I too could be wrong, I’m no expert. Friends thought turkey so I tried Merlin and it said wild turkey. It (Merlin) doesn’t know if a blue jay is mimicking.

I love the Merlin app and use it a lot. I think in this case the vocalizations did sound Turkey like so I think it's a win for the Merlin app even though it was a blue jay. The app can't differentiate mimicking. 👍

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I think Merlin did great, it's really interesting to get its take on the vocalizations. I played the original audio to a birdwatcher friend who immediately said Turkey. I've got clips of blue jays sounding like hawks too.

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Sound down! I had Merlin app listen to this blue jay as I hadn't heard this vocalization. Merlin said 'Wild Turkey'. Blue jays have advanced vocal learning capabilities & large repertoires, they can produce surprising vocalizations including domestic/wild turkey gobbles & clucks. #birds

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Sue @cameratrapsue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Coyote making a brief visit to the garden. ❤️🐺❤️ #mammals

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The weather skunk says it is, or has been, raining. It's so nice to see a skunk around again after so many years of no skunks. I doubt my neighbors feel the same way. 🤣 #mammals

A black and white night photo from my camera trap showing part of my garden with small landscaping rocks to the bottom left. Dirt, bark and leaf litter to the bottom right of the frame. Various plants, shrubs and flowers are in the middle and background. It has been raining and a striped skunk is in the photo, broadside to the camera, its head towards the left of the frame. Its fur is clumped in places as it is wet. Overall the skunk looks soggy but fit and healthy.

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 28/09/2026

The largest wildlife overpass in North America was completed in 2025 spanning I-25 in CO. According to Colorado Governor Jared Polis, the crossing, and nearby crossing infrastructure, has reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions on the stretch of I-25 by 91%. www.denvergazette.com/outtherecolo...

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Massive wildlife overpass has helped reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% in Colorado

In December 2025, it was announced that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) had completed the construction of the I-25 wildlife overpass in the area of Greenland, between Denver and Color...

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It’s certainly an interesting trail camera catch. 👍

We're expecting the next 3 days/nights to give us rain on/off, heavy at times. Starting tonight. Fingers crossed, we really need it. Pleased you got some rain last night.

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Skunk visiting the water bowl. ❤️🦨❤️

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Something is definitely glowing but the eyes of a slug, as far as I know, and I'm no expert, don't have the Tapetum Lucidum which gives the "glowing" eye effect seen in animals under flashlights or IR lights. I may be proved wrong but that's what I learnt long ago.

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Yes 👍 I managed to harvest over 100 4 o'clock seeds from one plant this year so I'm really hopeful for lots of new 4 o'clocks next year (they're in an envelope in a cool, dark cupboard right now). As I harvested them I told the plant it will live on through its seeds. I *may* be a big softy.

Such a privilege to have them and the other wildlife in the garden though we do have to be careful when coming & going - have to check for bears at night & raccoons and mule deer herd during day. One year we had bucks head butting each other all over the garden so we stayed in until it was over.

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Yes, it is. We love those plants and bought 3 new ones in Spring, they're doing great as well, they're dotted all around the garden.

We really are so lucky to have such varied wildlife around. I like to think they know this is a safe space and that has been passed from generation to generation.

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One of the mule deer triplets taking a break in amongst my flowers and plants this afternoon. I went out to refill the birdbath and there s/he was lying down, just watching me. I had the phone in my pocket so I spoke quietly to her as I took a few photos then left her alone. #mammals

A mule deer fawn from this year, no more spots but still smaller than mama. She, or he, is lying down on the dirt/leaf litter and bark in amongst some plants and flowers. She/he has huge ears somewhat like a mule and that's why they're called mule deer. I just looked out the window and she/he is still there.

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Tried a super cheap camera (2nd hand) for all night nightlapse, composite photo 999 photos w/internal intervalometer. Good results, new moon made my guess at exposure a bit bright. Set it up in afternoon & left it to its own devices, should've lowered the ISO more. Clouds & rain expected this week.

A night photo showing Cheyenne Mountain in the background with trees to the left and right frame edges and tree tops in center bottom of photo. This is a composite photo of 999 individual photos so we see the apparent movement of the stars in star trails arcing over the mountain, they have different colors depending on their temperatures. Clouds came in and we see some in the photo, sometimes obscuring the stars. The antennas on Cheyenne Mountain are seen along with their lights and we see car lights trails going up and down the mountain to the antennas/buildings on the summit. This will be a meteor watching camera during good weather and clear skies at night.

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