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A Fox in the House

A century-old abandoned farmhouse is alive with activity after the sun goes down, offering a unique opportunity to photography wildlife with a DSLR camera trap. A Nikon d3200 body, 18mm lens, motion...

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Ringtail Portraits

The ringtail cat, Bassariscus astutus, is related to the raccoon but carries itself more like a cross between a cat and a fox. An expert climber, the ringtail is at home in the oak canopies, rocky...

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Rough Customers

Wild boar hogs- big, tough, and grumpy.  Captured on a Nikon D3200 camera trap.

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Cats

Bobcats cruise beneath the thorny canopy of mesquite, condalia, and huisache on a hot South Texas creek bottom.  These images were captured on Nikon D3200 and D7000 camera traps.

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Cats II

An adult male bobcat uses a fallen log as a scratching post as he makes his daily rounds near a dry creek bed in the South Texas Brush Country.  

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White-tailed Buck

This beautiful white-tailed buck can’t resist checking out the camera, which is disguised as a prickly pear cactus. Capturing images of mature white-tailed deer with a DSLR camera trap can be...

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Wireless PIR Camera Trigger

The workhorse of the camera trap, this small waterproof box with an articulating mounting arm contains a PIR motion sensor, programmable on-off timer and radio transmitter. When it senses body heat...

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Lighting Diagrams

One of the keys to the uniqueness and beauty of camera trap photographs is the lighting.  To create compelling lighting, a weatherproof studio of sorts is set up in the woods which includes a camera,...

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White-tailed Buck Roaming

This white-tailed buck is following a doe which passed by the camera moments earlier.  The Fall rut is a great time to get camera trap photos of white-tailed bucks because their instincts make them bold.

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Javelina Portraits

Javelinas (collard peccaries) loaf in the prickly pear flats and guayacan groves of the South Texas Brush Country.

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Bobcat drinking

A bobcat gets a drink from a dwindling pool of water in a South Texas creek bed.

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Caliche Tank

Wildlife attracted to a water hole in the South Texas Brush Country.

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Bobcat sneaking

A Nikon D7000 camera trap is set up on the edge of a S. Texas pear flat.  The camera trap consists of the camera, 2 Nikon SB-28 flashes with wireless radio triggers, and a wireless motion sensor....

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Setting Up Camera Traps

Time lapse of setting up DSLR camera traps in the South Texas Brush Country, May 2017.

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The Green Jay

Colorful and boisterous, the green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a tropical bird who’s range extends from Mexico up through the Rio Grande Valley and across much of the South Texas Brush Country. Green...

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Coyote Pups

I seldom catch photos of coyotes with DSLR camera traps.  They are extremely cautious and skittish.  Here is a photo sequence of a coyote pup- he’s 1 of a litter of 6.  They passed by my cameras...

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Coyote and Raccoons Under a Hackberry

A coyote and raccoons visit the canopy beneath a large hackberry tree on a dry creek bed near San Antonio, TX.  Images captured with a Nikon D7000 camera trap.

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Alligator Slide

By adapting to the many small livestock ponds and wet-weather creeks, alligators ironically thrive amidst the prickly pear and mesquite of the arid South Texas Brush Country.  This alligator was...

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Cane Field

Over the first week, a raccoon is the only visitor to a camera trap painstakingly placed in the mysterious tunnels of a small cane field. But as the days go by, the camera’s unnatural scent fades and...

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Bobcat Strolling

A male bobcat strolls down the edge of a small pond in the South Texas Brush Country.

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