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Wildlife clips and field guides

Wildlife clips from trail cameras and filmers on YouTube, each with a field guide to the animal in it. Every species fact links to the source it comes from.

122 clips

A cinnamon-brown black bear lies on his side in dry leaves close to the camera, pale muzzle resting near one raised front paw that shows its dark pads, with green shrubs and sunlit foliage behind him.Wilford the black bear digs a bed, then naps A gray squirrel clings head-down at the top of a wooden nest box caked with snow, with snowy bare branches, a white-sided house and a fence behind it.Gray squirrel clings to a snow-caked nest box A red fox with black legs stands with her eyes closed among tall forest trunks while a pale pup rears up on its hind legs, front paws on her chest and muzzle against her mouth.Red fox mother greets a pup between hunts A bull elk with tall branching antlers and a shaggy dark brown mane lies in snow facing the camera, a wire fence and trees behind him, the word OMEGA in white under a yellow line near the top.A bull elk rests in the snow, antlers high A male pileated woodpecker with a bright red crest clings to a dark log feeder under a green roof, with a smaller bird above him, a dark speckled bird beside a seed column, a seed tray below and wire fencing and open snow-covered ground behind.Pileated woodpecker clings to a log feeder in snow A gray wolf with a gray and cream face and amber eye bites the top of an orange pumpkin, one pale forepaw on the fruit, with grass and fallen leaves around it.Silas the gray wolf dismantles a pumpkin A white-tailed deer in black-and-white night infrared stands side-on facing left on pale, mottled ground, head raised and ears up, its hindquarters cut off by the right edge and bare trunks rising in the dark behind it.White-tailed deer on alert, a chase unsolved The front half of a coyote with tall pointed ears stands on a leaf-strewn dirt trail with its head turned to the camera, showing rusty cheeks, a white throat and chest and gray-brown fur, with a dark tree trunk, green shrubs and bare branches behind it.Sideways stare from a coyote on a Maine trail A dark-coated gray wolf with a pale eye and snow flecks in its fur stands in snow close to the lens, head turned aside and enlarged by the wide angle, with snowy conifers behind and patterned purple border bands above and below.Gray wolf fills a 360 lens in Yellowstone snow A dark gray wolf with a pale muzzle and throat lies in thin snow with his chest raised and forepaws out in front, head thrown back and mouth open in a howl beneath low branches.Snow falls on a dark gray wolf in full howl A black pileated woodpecker with a red crest, red mustache and white face stripes clings to a thick, rough-barked trunk, its long gray bill angled up against a white sky.Christmas drumming from a pileated woodpecker A dark brown grizzly bear with small rounded ears comes head-on toward the camera through fresh snow, white heaped on its brow, muzzle bridge and back, with a thin conifer and snow-laden branches behind it under a gray sky and a Yukon Wildlife Cams logo at lower left.Snow-caked grizzly walks right up to the lens In black and white, two moose stand side by side with heads lowered, one muzzle on a pale pumpkin on leaf-strewn ground, a tree stump and a paved drive behind them.Two moose get talked out of a doorstep pumpkin A white-tailed buck stands close to the camera at the left of the frame, head toward the lens and one long curved antler rising, in green woods with the rump and hind leg of another deer at the right edge.Whitetail buck eyes an Alabama trail camera A white-tailed buck with a tall hardened rack, his hindquarters cut off by the left edge, stands in profile facing right beside young conifers, rust-colored ferns and a cut stump, with large white, black and red lettering across the top of the frame and part of a white caption at bottom left.Maine white-tailed buck in polished fall antler A huge wet-coated bull moose with antlers stands in profile over a person in a dark beanie who bends beneath his throat holding a small bucket, with the slim legs of more moose behind them, a large black tub at lower right, and snow and bare trees beyond.Keeper ducks under a bull moose at feeding time A white-tailed buck with branching antlers lowers his head close to the camera, eyes on the lens, above brown fallen leaves, with the word WILDLIFE across the top of the picture.White-tailed buck checks a Tennessee trail camera A spotted white-tailed deer fawn lies curled on dry brown leaves between gray stones and a moss-covered rock, ears up and one dark eye open.Lone white-tailed fawn waits in the dry leaves Close-up of a black-capped chickadee's head, black bib and upper breast, its open bill holding a pale shelled peanut cut off by the right edge, with a yellow arrow pointing at the peanut and a white #4 at lower left.Shelled peanut in a black-capped chickadee's bill The gray-brown body and legs of a white-tailed deer, head out of frame, walk over brown fallen leaves past a moss-covered tree trunk in daylight.Tennessee whitetail buck, head low over leaves Seen from above, a brown bison with its head lowered is below teal steel panels at the mouth of an alley, a rust-red rail in front, long shadows on the panels and a clear blue sky beyond.Tagged bison and a dark horn on fall working day A dark moose runs toward the camera down a snowy ski run with its head turned aside, snow spraying at its hooves, a snowboarder at left and more people on the slope behind it.Skiing backwards ahead of a full-speed moose A gray squirrel seen from behind sits on a wooden rail with its head at the rim of a white cup, bushy gray tail hanging down, a black wire fence and green leaves beyond.Trash can milkshake for a New York gray squirrel A dark bull moose faces the camera in a green field, red-streaked antlers reaching to both edges of the frame and strips of velvet hanging beside his face, with cut-off white lettering at the left edge.Velvet hangs in bloody strips from a bull moose A dark-headed American bison bull with strands of hay across his head and shoulders stands behind a large round hay bale, a pipe fence beyond him.Big Joe the bison takes apart a round hay bale A tan cougar seen side-on from the shoulders up faces right with its mouth closed, a shrub of red and green leaves behind it and green grass below.Five hours behind another male, a puma screams A dark brown moose with no antlers stands at the right edge of the frame, her body cut off by it, her long head lowered over a rail of a snow-covered railroad track that runs off toward a distant building and hills, with white lettering at lower left.A 700-pound moose stuck fast on railroad tracks Seen from behind, a gray squirrel stands on its hind legs on a white deck rail with its forepaws on a white PVC pipe, facing a large red disc under the corner of a white roof, its bushy tail hanging over the rail and leafy trees behind.Pizza plate feeder stumps a gray squirrel Close view of a black-capped chickadee's head tipped downward, black cap, white cheek and dark eye facing the camera, against blurred snow, with cut-off yellow and white lettering at left.Head tipped low, a chickadee eyes the camera A black-capped chickadee with feathers fluffed and bill open perches on a pale weathered branch beside a tree trunk, with red twigs and patches of snow behind.The two-tone whistle of a black-capped chickadee A spotted bobcat walks across dry leaves inside a wire-mesh enclosure, its short black-tipped tail out, two small white and orange striped pumpkins ahead of it.Flint the bobcat gets a home for life A dark wolf with a pale chest patch and frost on its muzzle stands facing the camera on a snow-packed road at night, eyes shining, a plowed snowbank to its right.Gray wolf faces the light on a Yellowstone road Close view of a great horned owl perched among lichen-covered branches, ear tufts raised and yellow eyes looking straight at the camera, with a little snow on a branch at lower right.Great horned owl stares back from a mobbed perch A gray wolf with a dark grizzled back sniffs a brown scrap of bone or hide on the snow, a second wolf in the left foreground and a third wolf with a green ear tag peering from behind.Gray wolf pack stops to sniff the snow A dark moose without antlers stands among tall yellow-leaved shrubs with its head turned to face the camera and its ears raised.Bull moose feeds in a golden Grand Teton meadow An American bison walking head-on through falling snow, its face, hump and front legs caked white and its horn tips snowy, snowy conifers soft behind and a thin dark strip at the right edge.Face caked in snow, a bison plods through January Close-up of a white-tailed buck's head and branching antlers in profile, white band behind the nose and white ring around the eye, fall leaf litter behind, burned-in title text along the top.Close-up of a white-tailed buck in fall leaves A grizzled gray wolf stands in profile with its mouth open as a white wolf lies beneath it on bark mulch, muzzle raised and mouth open, green and yellow trees behind.Two gray wolves howl together on an autumn day A snowy owl with a white face, flecked crown, yellow eyes and dark-barred wing and breast sits behind a blurred white rise, its wing cut by the left edge, against a pale blue sky, looking straight at the camera.Snowy owl in heavy barring stares into the lens A reddish-tan gray wolf grizzled with gray and black walks left across open snow with its head low, a stick lying in the snow ahead of it, a line of conifers behind, light snow falling and the flank of a second wolf at the left edge.Canadian gray wolves deep in rival territory A tawny coyote stands with its head lowered to trampled, lit snow in a dark backyard at night.Backyard coyote mistaken for a wolf in the snow A grizzled gray-brown wolf stands side-on on a snowy shore with its nose pushed into the snow, water skimmed with new ice and snowy conifers behind, the flank of a second wolf at the right edge.Cranberry Bay gray wolves on a freezing shore A white-tailed buck with a large, wide-spreading rack stands on fallen leaves facing the camera, dark woods behind, with a cut-off burned-in BUCKS! banner across the top, an arrow pointing at the antlers and a date stamp along the bottom.Wide-racked white-tailed buck faces the camera Close-up of a gray wolf from head to forelegs, dark grizzled face with upright ears and a black nose, turned slightly right against snow and bare saplings.Gray wolf noses a trail camera in Minnesota snow A white-tailed buck with branched antlers walks right across a gravel trail with his head turned toward the camera, bare rust-colored brush and young conifers behind him.Rut-season white-tailed buck on a Maine trail A large black bear sits on wood chips with its hind legs stretched out, a cub against its chest and a second bear close behind it, green leafy trees and bright sky beyond.Black bear cub stands tall to grab a hammock In dim light, a bull elk with a tall, branching rack stands behind a wooden fence rail on snowy ground, pine needles at the lower right, beside a narrow, brighter strip of the same snowy paddock and pine boughs along the left edge.Bull elk meets two horses at a snowy fence A black wolf with a small white chest patch stands side-on in green grass with its head turned to the camera, a spruce and red, orange and yellow fall brush behind it.Black wolf pauses amid Minnesota fall colors An antlerless elk with a dark neck mane walks along a packed trench in deep snow with its ears up, snow-covered conifers and blue sky behind it and the head of a second elk at the left edge.A line of elk on a snowy migration trail A dark, antlerless moose lowers its long muzzle toward a leaf-covered forest trail in black-and-white infrared, bare trunks behind it and a time stamp along the bottom edge.Lone moose noses along a November trail Close-up of a black bear's head and shoulders looking straight at the camera, rounded ears up and a brown muzzle, autumn foliage behind, its right ear cut off by an orange caption box with clipped white lettering at the right edge.Black bear face to face in autumn brush An American bison with snow caked over its face walks toward the camera through deep snow, its curved horns dark against a white background.Bison walks out of a whiteout in the Tetons A shaggy brown bison with curved horns stands in snow among dry shrubs at a conifer forest edge, facing the camera, under cut-off large yellow text and a red arrow pointing at its head.Wood bison herd found after being written off A mule deer with large dark ears and snow on its head stands chest-deep in fresh snow facing the camera, a second deer half buried behind it to the right, a snow-buried iron bench at left, a snow-capped red shed and snow-laden conifers beyond, gray strips at both edges.Mule deer chest-deep in four feet of new snow A white-tailed buck with tall branched antlers stands side-on beside a tree trunk in patchy sun, head turned to the camera, a sunlit lane and grass behind.White-tailed buck faces the camera in the rut A black pileated woodpecker with a red crest, red moustache and white face and neck stripes clings to a thick limb behind thin twigs, a ragged hole of pale exposed wood just left of its feet, green and yellow leaves behind.Pileated woodpecker calls beside a torn limb A heavily barred snowy owl stands on snow facing the camera with yellow eyes, dry brown weeds and wire fencing behind it, under partial burned-in text reading "e beauty of the snowy".Barred snowy owl stands in snow by a wire fence Close-up of a nearly white gray wolf in profile facing right, one amber eye showing, snow clumped in the thick fur of its neck, with part of a black headline cut off at the right edge.Nearly white gray wolf claims Hayden Valley A fluffy, spotted bobcat stands side-on on a stone patio swept partly clear of snow, head turned to the camera with eyes half-closed, a snow-capped planter, bare brush and a snowy hillside behind it and a dark blurred strip down the right edge.Young bobcat walks right up to the window A mule deer buck with slender antlers and large ears looks through square-mesh wire fencing from a rocky hillside, sagebrush in the foreground and blue sky above.Mule deer buck clears a fence on a 150-mile trek A dark gray wolf stretches its open muzzle up to the gloved hand of a woman in a green knit hat, black vest over a tan hooded jacket and jeans, the hindquarters of a paler wolf in the left foreground, on snowy ground among pale tree trunks, with part of a website address across the bottom.Gray wolf reaches up to its keeper in fresh snow A great horned owl perches on the broken tip of a bare branch against a pale blue-gray sky, head turned right, ear tufts raised and white throat showing, thin twigs at right.Great horned owl hoots from a broken desert snag A white-tailed deer with wide pale-lined ears and snow on its black nose stands in a snowy wood of bare trees while a person's ringed hand reaches up to touch its chin.White-tailed deer at a birder's fingertips A black squirrel stands on its hind legs in snow beside a tree trunk, its front paws resting on an outstretched hand holding dark seeds, with more seeds scattered on the snow.Black squirrel takes seeds from a hand in snow A tawny gray wolf with a blood-stained muzzle, cheeks and throat and a small blue tag in one ear stands on snow with its head lowered, dry grass and conifers behind it.Blood-faced gray wolf sniffs snow after a kill A bull elk with a tall, wide rack and a dark neck mane stands in dry meadow grass before green conifers, a cow elk grazing head-down at the lower left.Rutting bull elk strides the meadow edge A dark bull moose with palmate antlers cut off by the top edge walks toward the camera, head low and one foreleg raised, through yellow grass and red-leaved brush.Six months of moose at a backcountry trail cam A herd of American bison walks right to left across a paved road, a smaller dark bison among them, with tall conifers and a partly cloudy blue sky behind.Bison herd takes over a Yellowstone road A Canada lynx with long black ear tufts and a pale ruff crouches on snow beside a bare fallen branch, looking straight at the camera, with tree trunks behind.Canada lynx stares down the lens in snow A pale wolf stands with its head thrown back, howling, at the edge of conifers above a snowy slope with fallen logs, a dark brown wolf walking at the left.Pale gray wolf howls at dawn in Yellowstone Two Canada lynx stand nose to nose with heads lowered, one on a gravel road and one on the dry grass verge, bare brush and a fallen pale branch behind.Two Canada lynx square off face to face A tan mountain lion stands facing the camera among palm fronds and bare branches, head tilted up, eyes half closed and mouth open with lips curled back, the word Cam in white burned in at top left.Mountain lion curls its lip at a scent mark A reddish-brown bison calf faces left in falling snow in front of its mother's dark, snow-flecked head and humped back, with cut-off overlay text at the left edge.A newborn bison calf in late spring snow A black-capped chickadee with puffed-out buff and white breast feathers perches on a black edge, the wing on the left of the frame held down and away from its body, against blurred, sunlit snow.Black-capped chickadee puffs up, wings held out An adult black bear walks across a paved road carrying a small dark cub in its mouth, with cars on the road in the distance and a brushy bank behind it.Black bear tries to cross a road with four cubs A bull elk with tall, branching antlers stands side-on in falling snow with his head turned to the right, his pale body cut off at the left edge, his dark maned neck flecked with white and low shrubs around his foreleg and behind him.Antlered bull elk in falling Wyoming snow Six black bear cubs feed around a wide heap of red and yellow apples at the foot of a large tree trunk in green woods, one sitting, yellow leaves on the ground.Black bear cubs hum over a heap of apples A small black bear cub sits up on dry leaf litter nose to nose with its mother, who lies on her belly with a tan muzzle, a second cub half hidden behind her head, a tree trunk and green seedlings behind.Black bear cub leaves its mother to touch a shoe A dark bull moose with palmate antlers walks across a striped crosswalk on a snowy road under two green traffic lights, cars with headlights on behind him, a caption reading Anchorage, AK with a TikTok credit at top left, an AccuWeather logo at top right, and a dark blurred enlargement of the same frame down the left edge.Bull moose takes the crosswalk against the light A young bald eagle, dark brown with whitish mottling on its back and wings and a dark bill, perches on a bare branch against a clear blue sky.Two adult bald eagles share a bare winter limb An adult bald eagle with a white head and yellow bill stands in deep snow on a nest, talons planted, leaning toward its mate, whose dark back and wing lie low across the snow in the foreground, with snowy pine branches and mountains behind.Bald eagles swap shifts on a snowy nest Two snowy owls in bare trees under a gray sky, a barred one on top of a broken dead trunk and a whiter one on a lower branch at right, a faint wind turbine at left.Snowy owls by the dozen on one winter weekend An eastern gray squirrel with a white chest sits on a frost-dusted ledge facing the camera, one front paw raised, its bushy tail arched up over its back, snow-covered shrubs to the left and a corner of brick wall at top right.Gray squirrel tail-up on a snowy window ledge An eastern gray squirrel stands upright on a sunlit snowbank looking up at the camera, snow flecks on its face, forepaws at its pale chest, a dark hole in the snow at lower left.Gray squirrel stands tall in a tunneled snowbank A black coyote walks across snow beside a snow-covered fallen log in a forest, with cut-off blue title text above and below her and a 13°F temperature and date stamp along the bottom.Black eastern coyote by a snowy log in Maine An eastern gray squirrel crouches on brown fallen leaves facing left, one front paw raised, a pale ring around its dark eye, the woodland floor blurred behind.Gray squirrel fakes a burial to fool a thief A brown beaver hunches nose-down in sunlit, trampled snow at the base of a snow sculpture of a beaver with orange eyes, two orange front teeth and a twig arm, small orange scraps lying in the snow.Beaver noses the snow beside a snow beaver A Canada lynx mother stands at the right edge of a wet deck with a white railing while seven long-legged kittens stand or step toward the camera in loose rows, one half out of frame at the left, green forest behind.Canada lynx mother and seven kittens on a deck A grizzly sow walks through snow among low shrubs in the center of the frame, one cub just behind her on the left, another ahead on the right cut by the frame edge, and two more partly cut off at the left edge.Grizzly 399 walks four cubs toward the den An adult bald eagle with a white head sits low on snowy ice with both dark wings spread, a snowbank and bare branches behind it.Bald eagle frozen to the ice by its tail A young elk with a dark brown neck stands in gray-green sagebrush in falling snow, ears raised, with two more elk and the pale rump of a third behind it.Elk herd migrating through spring snow in Wyoming A pale coyote stands facing the camera far down a cleared sidewalk between snowbanks, beside a road with cars, traffic lights and a utility pole under a blue sky, with a CP24 logo and a TikTok credit across the top.Coyote walks a Toronto sidewalk toward a man A black-capped chickadee with a black cap, white cheeks and black bib stands on the fingers of a bare hand beside a pile of dark seeds, with snow behind it.Black-capped chickadee on a palm full of seeds A tan cougar crouches low in the snow and steps straight toward the camera, eyes on the lens and one forepaw reaching forward, with a rock in the foreground.Cougar charges downhill to guard its kill Two snow-dusted grizzly bears walk along an icy road, the one on the left cut by the frame edge and the one on the right turning its head to look left.Grizzly 399 and four cubs take a snowy road Close-up of a gray wolf's face at the camera lens, amber eyes and dark nose, snow on its brow and muzzle, with snowy ground and bare trees behind.Snow-dusted gray wolf stares into a trail camera A heavily barred snowy owl flies straight toward the camera over a snow-dusted field of dry grass, wings raised high, with the white wingtip of a second owl at the lower right.Barred snowy owl swoops low over a winter field A Canada lynx crouches in snow among bare saplings, black ear tufts raised and eyes half closed, above partial gold gothic lettering across the lower third.Canada lynx holds its ground in the snow A red fox walks left along a sunlit, snow-covered crest, its bushy tail running off the right edge of the frame, in front of frost-coated brush and dark conifers, with large white outlined title text, cut off at both sides, across the lower third.Sierra Nevada red fox walks its sunlit snow perch A white snowy owl with dark flecks on its wings, flank and crown, eyes half closed, perches on top of a weathered wooden post, head turned to one side, as snow falls over a misty brown field.Male snowy owl holds his post in falling snow A gray wolf with snow on its head and back lies in the snow, muzzle pointed at the sky and jaws open mid-howl, in front of bare winter brush.Snow-dusted gray wolf tips his head back to howl A dark bull moose with antler on his head walks left across a snow-covered yard past a bare dark patch in the snow, with a dark post, snowy houses and frosted trees behind him.Bull moose traps an Alaska man in his shed Dark bison bunched at the left edge of a flat snowfield, cut off by the frame, with a line of wolves strung out to their right below a band of broken snow, an abc7 logo, a date fragment, a credit line, a cropped white headline box reading Intense standoff between wolf pack and bison herd, and a black band down the right side.Bison herd and wolf pack face off in the snow A dark bull moose in side profile faces right under a wide rack of antlers, heavy snow falling across him and pale brush in the foreground.Bull moose stands in an October snowstorm A fuzzy gray-brown wolf pup on dead leaves among bare trunks and a few young conifers tips its head back, eyes half shut and mouth open in a howl.Gray wolf pup tries out its first howls A dark-faced American bison with short upcurved horns presses its snow-dusted muzzle into a deep drift, its shaggy brown shoulder filling the right edge, with the cut-off words Digging and ep Snow printed at lower left.Bison shovels deep snow with its forehead A heavily barred snowy owl hovers against a clear blue sky with wings spread wide and feathered legs and talons lowered, high above a pine tip at the lower right, where the edge of a second white owl shows at the frame's edge.Snowy owls joust for the top of a pine tree Seen from behind, a grizzled gray Canada lynx with a black-tipped tail walks across fallen orange leaves toward a misty forest of conifers and pale birches.Canada lynx sits for a trail cam in fall leaves A red fox vixen lies on a bare sandy den mound among tall tree trunks, facing the camera, with three dark gray kits at her side and in front of her and a fourth at the lower left edge.Red fox vixen calls her gray kits out of the den A gray wolf with snow on its muzzle steps toward the camera through deep snow, one forepaw reaching forward in a spray of powder.Gray wolf wading through deep Yellowstone snow A tawny, gray-backed wolf lunges head-down through deep snow at a small dark beaver, its snow-caked tail straight out behind, with snow-dusted bare trees and young conifers beyond and the words Captures Beaver! printed across the frame above.Gray wolf catches a beaver in deep snow A Canada lynx with long black ear tufts crouches behind a white hare lying in the snow, mouth open and teeth bared toward the camera.Canada lynx snarls over a hare in the snow A white snowy owl with yellow eyes and a scatter of black spots on its wing stands on open snow, head turned toward the camera, against a pale blue-gray background.Snowy owls winter on the fields of rural Ottawa Close-up of an American bison's dark, shaggy head in profile, snow caked over the brow and muzzle, one horn and one eye showing, a snow-crusted shoulder at left and a drift below.Snow-caked bison in a Yellowstone blizzard Overhead view of a dark bull moose with antlers still on, standing in snow among thin, bare trees.Bull moose shakes off both antlers in the snow A grizzled gray and tan wolf lies curled in deep sunlit snow with her head up, eyes half closed, ears raised and one front paw showing at the lower left.Mexican gray wolf curled up in a snow nest A barred snowy owl with both wings raised stands on the top block of a tall pile of pale blue-white ice under a gray-blue sky.Snowy owl raises her wings atop an ice fortress Two white-tailed deer sit on frosted lake ice, joined by a pink rope that runs toward the camera, with curving tracks behind them, a dark treeline and a white building on the far shore, and a blurred strip down the left edge.Skater tows white-tailed deer off a frozen lake A red fox with black legs and a long, dark, white-tipped tail stands on a snowbank facing away from the camera toward dark trees and bare twigs.Red fox screams, then barks, on a trail camera A tawny-gray wolf faces the camera on patchy snow and dry grass, head lowered and front legs splayed wide with one forepaw lifted, its eyes fixed on the lens, conifers behind.Gray wolves play-bow and leap at trail cameras A black raven and a white snowy owl with dark-flecked wings perch side by side on two green bins under a grey sky, the raven turned toward the owl, which faces the camera.Raven tests a snowy owl that refuses to budge A beaver looks toward the camera over a freshly gnawed notch in a sloping limb, pale chips along the cut, dark fur in the foreground and green leaves and leaf litter behind.Beaver gnaws through a fallen limb, up close

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