Hidden Camera Catches All The Animals Who Travel Across This Log

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It's their own little bridge 💛

BY CAITLIN JILL ANDERS

Ever since he was a kid, Robert Bush Sr. has been fascinated by the wildlife all around him, and in 2013, he decided to start setting up hidden cameras near his home in Pennsylvania to capture footage of the animals he loves living their lives in their natural habitats.

“I started doing the camera traps with my father, it was a way for us to spend time together since we both are always busy and both are outdoorsmen,” Bush told The Dodo. “He taught me about wildlife trails and tracks when I was a kid.”



Over the years, Bush has found some great well-traveled spots to set up cameras — but one of his best finds has been a fallen log that lies over a river. As it turns out, so many different animals use the log to get across the river, and Bush has been able to capture them all on film.



Despite their differences, every kind of animal imaginable has used the log to cross the river, from ducks …



… to bears …



… to everyone in between.



Bush has captured so many different animals since setting up the camera by the fallen log, and certainly has some cool stories to tell at this point.

“Animals cross the log all the time,” Bush said. “Once a great blue heron was on the log and a chipmunk tried crossing and almost became lunch but was lucky enough to escape.”



Animal encounters are definitely not uncommon on the log, as they’re all just trying to get across, and it’s proved to be the perfect spot to capture situations that otherwise would go unseen.

“The turkey and owl fighting just to the right of the log would have to be one of the many cool captures,” Bush said.



Bush loves being able to capture these animals going about their daily lives, and the footage he gets gives us all a glimpse into just how incredible nature really is.

Watch the full video of animals crossing the fall log below:

https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/camera-catches-animals-crossing-fallen-log

[FirstLight]

1. That is so cool! THank you!

I am out here in the Sierra Nevada, and I love seeing our neighborhood critters... BUT this is awesome! So many different animals!

It's cool when the birds are sitting there eating a frog or a fish

This could be fun to do in my yard then again, I might NOT wanna see the bear taking a dump on my clover

[Bayard]

2. Loved it!

Our trail cam only activates at night. All we ever get is deer, and the occasional fox or raccoon.

[3catwoman3]

3. How utterly delightful!

Thnx for bringing it here -

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4. I fell in love with the cross-eyed lynx mugging for the camera.

[Lord Ludd]

8. Yep, s/he has that universal feline curiosity. nt

[CaptainTruth]

5. Kids love log!

Some of you will probably get that reference.

[ironflange]

6. Yeah, I got it

Thanks, now the log song is stuck in my head.

[OriginalGeek]

12. it's better than bad

It's good!

[Karadeniz]

7. Great idea!❤

[Jeebo]

9. Is that raccoon rabid?

There are some wild raccoons who hang around my house, and I actually put out food for them, and I wanted to know something about them, so I read a couple of encyclopedia articles about them. The articles said that raccoons are strictly nocturnal, so if you see one who is out during the day, stay away from it, it's probably got rabies. That raccoon is out in the daytime.

-- Ron

[ailsagirl]

11. I've read they sometimes appear during the day without being rabid...

but not to approach them in any case.

I've always found them to be cute little fellows but always give them wide berth!!

[ailsagirl]

10. Thank you for posting!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. What a very cool video!

All the creatures are fascinating, going their way, living their lives.

But I was fascinated also by the way the water rose and fell or sped up or whatever! Quite a lot of variation in the flowing water.