As fall sets in and the weather changes, two science filmmakers follow our cast of wildlife characters as they go through a flurry of last-chance feasting and finding mates before the cold and wet of winter.
Hey, teachers! Hereβs a cheat sheet of whatβs included in this episode of Field Notes:
- Trail cameras
- Animal characteristics and behaviors in the fall
- Seasonal changes, adaptations to the environment
- Preparing for the winter, environmental challenges
- Bears: nutrition, foraging
- Deer: ticks (parasites), fawns, weaning, antlers, rut, mating, dominance displays
- Bears, deer, pileated woodpeckers, pine martens, rabbits, barred owls
This episode is part of our series Field Notes, where two nature videographers and their trail cameras capture a year of hidden wildlife stories from a forest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Created by the Hakai Institute
Produced by Bennett Whitnell, Grant Callegari, and Meigan Henry
Edited by Bennett Whitnell
Videography by Grant Callegari and Bennett Whitnell
Additional footage provided by Jim Palmer and Storyblocks
By: Hakai Institute
Title: Field Notes: Trail Camera Captures Fall Deer Ruts, Bear Butts, and More on Vancouver Island
Sourced From: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGJYG2rJh3o
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