Glimpses into the Wild Side of Nature

Technological advances are offering amazing insights into nature. Here are two videos, one produced from trail cam images and the second a video picked up on a Ring doorbell. Have you captured fun or amazing footage of wildlife? We’d love to see what wildlife wonders are happening near you! Please share in the comment section.

A Week in Nature May 23-June 1, 2022
This fun video compilation was produced from a series of trail cam photographs taken in May and June 2022. It starts with a very pregnant white-tailed deer doe and ends with her newborn fawn coming onto the scene. Yes, folks, it is that time of year! Images from Fulton County, courtesy Mike Widger.

Suburban Bobcat Offers ‘Learn to Hunt’ Program
A Ring doorbell camera captured a bobcat strolling through the front lawn of a suburban lawn…but WAIT, it is a mother bobcat and she’s trailed by an inquisitive kitten learning to hunt. Images captured in Sangamon County on November 26, 2022, courtesy Tom Skelly.

Kathy Andrews Wright is retired from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources where she was editor of Outdoor Illinois magazine. She is currently the editor of OutdoorIllinois Journal.