Injured Badger Hole Adventures - Episode 11

In the episode 11 of the Injured Badger Hole Adventures I revisit the sett of the injured badger armed with the knowledge that the place was visited by a canine.

I did not expect that at all, since the forest where I live is not big enough to have wolves roaming about, but it's too large and too far removed from human habitation for pet dogs to wander in.

Unfortunately, the badger has not made an appearance in over a week, but I keep the spark of hope that he may still be alive by thinking that he simply hibernated early. He could not get any food with his injured leg anyway, so why waste energy trying.

His best bet was to hibernate early, even if it meant having to look for food in harsh winter weather, provided he'd heal by that time.

Woodpecker Decker showed up later than usual, but he did show up.

One of my trail cams which I use as a "floating camera" (it doesn't have a fixed location and I move it around to new interesting locations I come across). When I had it in a beech part of the forest, it captured an image of two canines walking by.

I wonder if one of them was the dog who visited the injured badger hole. The images from the beech forest and the injured badger hole are inconclusive, and leave me puzzled. Do I have wolves in the woods? If one of the canines from the beech forest the same one who checked out the badger's burrow?

What do you guys think when you compare the pictures? Help me out with your opinions :o)

00:00 Day 15 at the injured badger hole
00:22 Canine visits the injured badger hole
01:21 Resident wood rat remains active
01:44 Woodpecker Decker makes delayed appearance
02:20 Swapping memory card in the frozen trail camera
03:15 Do I have wolves in the woods?

Keep rocking :o)

Mark
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