gallery – Fort Drum Deer

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Fort Drum Wildlife

Mar 15

Amazing set of triplet black bear cubs from den work last week. Our den work season is over, but lots of photos/video still to share. Keep sound up to hear the cubs.
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Feb 25

Very sleepy black bear cubs from our den check last week. They are part of a long term black bear reproductive study. Their mom had her GPS collar swapped out. The cubs were only about 2 pounds and so freaking adorable. We keep them warm against our bodies until we get mom situated again and then they get placed back with her.

You can see our bear and furbearer biologist, Dave Wattles holding the cub yawning, and their mother.
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Feb 22

Video of our moose capture from this morning. You can see the two darts in her as she turned to come towards me. She went down very safely and smoothly and also had an equally smooth reversal when we released her in a Wildlife Management Area. She will be much safer in the more natural habitat.

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Feb 22

This morning we were notified about a moose cow in a dense housing area in Marlborough. For her safety and the safety of the public we captured her via darting and moved her to a nearby Wildlife Management Area. It went incredibly smoothly with cooperation between MassWildlife staff, Massachusetts Environmental Police, and local PD.

Once we had her at her release site, I took biological samples so she can be included in our multi-state moose research program and sera samples allow us to monitor for brainworm with the herd. Release went incredibly smoothly.

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Feb 16

Today we were expecting this bear to have cubs but it turns out she didn't this year. The Daves swapped out the collar and I took our samples. Tomorrow we should have newborn cubs.
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Feb 2

We had two sets of moms with a single yearling each today, but they were in incredibly different dens. The first was in a very natural hollowed maple tree. The other, under heavy machinery right in the middle of town.
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Feb 2

A challenging, but fun day in the field today with the Western District crew checking on 5 bears today in 2 dens: a mom and her two yearling cubs in a log pile and a Mom and a yearling cub dend underneath a building. The moms each got new collars and the cubs got ear tags and had blood samples drawn.
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Feb 1

Today we checked on a little 129 lb female black bear. While the central district folks and the black bear project leader Dave Wattles took care of swapping GPS collars, I drew blood samples and nasal swabs. She had a really nice protected ground den.
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Jan 20

A very friendly green sea turtle we saw while SCUBA diving at the Navy Barges off of St Thomas in August.
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Jan 18

'Merica- Saw this Bald Eagle out scavenging up in the north country on this blustery Sunday just before the blizzard hit. Saturday it hit -22F and multiple days have been in the negatives so no open water around forcing eagles to scavenge. This eagle was on a frozen deer gut pile when I pulled up. It's a good reminder of why it's important to use non-lead ammunition while hunting so you don't cause lead poisoning in scavenging birds like Bald Eagles.

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Jan 13

The hard part about den checks is getting the bears down from their tree dens and then even harder is getting them back up. But they really are nice little cozy homes.
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Jan 13

I went out with our black bear biologist, Dave Wattles, during his annual winter den checks to continue the COVID sampling I was doing with deer throughout Mass. during the fall. I hope to continue through the winter as bears give us a unique way to test family groups with specific age classes.
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Dec 1

I've spent the last few days on Nantucket over-seeing deer biological check, COVID-19 sampling for harvested deer, and looking at deer impacts across the islands. It is a truly amazing place. There is no other environment like it. I think it should be on the bucket list for every avid deer hunter. I hope to be back soon.
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Oct 8

I was just noticing with my moose pictures yesterday how frequently my @peakdesign gear ends up in my photos. I'm not sponsored or anything like that, but while their gear is not intended for wildlife field work it works great for it.

The company was founded by another badger, @peterdering with other badgers like @adamcno also part of the team. I was a Kickstarter backer from the beginning and now their gear is always with me doing conservation work around North America.

Considering they also founded @beclimateneutral , I suspect they'd be pretty happy to see their gear used for conservation.

Done with my #peakdesign #bagbrag

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Oct 7

We had to do a bull moose extraction from downtown Worcester a couple weeks ago. He was hit by car, but did not sustain any major injuries.

Once we had him safely moved to his new home in a state park, I took blood samples for health and disease monitoring.

It was a very smooth dart and transfer due to our collaboration and cooperation with Massachusetts Environmental Police, Worcester Police, and the Worcester Fire Dept.

Just a reminder do not ever attempt to approach a moose. We are trained professionals.

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Sep 6

A green iguana 🦎 out with a bunch of its friends during our trip to St. Thomas. The rainbow colored scales around the mouth were so cool.

Jul 25

My first encounter with a moose as the @mass.wildlife Moose Biologist. A yearling cow.
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Jun 30

A Willet; a juvenile Double-Crested Cormorant. A nesting Eider Duck, along with their covered and uncovered nests. The covering of their nests is so fluffy. Lastly some Roseate Tern nest shelters.

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Jun 29

Some snapshots of American Oystercatchers I took while assisting our coastal waterbird biologists with the Common Tern and Roseate Tern annual censuses. I'll have some more photos from the census this week.
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Jun 27

Snapping turtle moms digging holes to lay eggs.

At Fort Drum Remington pond beach - June 6, 2021.
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Jun 26

I can't imagine how distracting it must be to have a dragon fly eating off you while trying to focus on laying a clutch of eggs.

This poor snapping turtle mom also had to deal with ants, flys, and crows that kept landing on her to see if the eggs were laid yet and ready to eat.
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May 29

My first fawn capture for 2021. Fawn 151 was born at about 3pm this afternoon to mom 773.

Any capture at this point may be my last which is a bit surreal. After 6 years ~150 fawns and >500 deer captures, my @cornelluniversity PhD research at Fort Drum is coming to an end. It's been a ton of work and a childhood dream realized. I couldn't have done it without the help of so many.
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May 21

A face only a mother could love. The turkey vulture is one of my favorite birds. Their ability to soar and catch wind currents is spectacular.
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May 20

I was entertained for a few hours tonight watching a family of red fox with the kits coming out to play when they thought they weren't being watched.
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May 16

Got to love when your campsite looks this beautiful. A nice solo night outing. 20 miles with Rimrock Loop - Morrison Loop - Rimrock Trail in the @alleghenynationalforest. One of our beautiful public lands.
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May 9

One of my favorite porcupines on post.
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Mar 4

Buck 750 on Sunday afternoon. He was our first orange collared buck. Now almost 4 years old.
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Jan 18

I was in a bit of a nostalgic mood. These are deep throwbacks to my time in the BVI in 2008. All shot on my old Canon film slr with classic kodak film. The photos are incredibly without edits and show the natural beauty.

Sometimes I really miss that surprise of getting your photos back after developing and discovering the shots that worked out.

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Jan 16

I've been going through some of our photos of study fawns for data analysis today. Both of these fawns survived well into adulthood.
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Dec 18

The nor'easter hit campus. About a foot. Students took advantage as expected.

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