Yep, it's pretty cool to see what critters do when they don't know they're being watched. I've been a predator hunter all my life, and it's amazing how much I've learned about their behavior from these trail cam compilations.
@@nightingaleofsorrow9349 We're in a narrow river valley between two Wilderness areas, and we've got a population of about 350-500 people (not all year-round residents). These locations aren't far from hiking trails and Forest Service roads, but the wildlife does have lots of space to roam!
This is so wonderful. I was very interested (2:29) at the sound the cougar made. If I heard that in the wild, I would have thought a bird. Even playing it back and listening to it as was watching the cougar, it still sounded like a bird.
This is without doubt the best trail cam footage I have ever seen. I don't know if you have superior equipment, but whatever you have you took the trouble to mount it in a lot of interesting places and the clarity and color are exceptional. I like your editing, showing the seasons. The coyote at around 12.47 was the only animal I saw even vaguely aware of your camera, and he was very suspicious. Great capture of activity and animal families.
Thank you, Susan! We currently use Browning and Bushnell trail cameras. Wolves are (understandably) the most wary of cameras (which is what you see at 12:47, not a coyote), and bears are certainly the most curious- we've lost quite a few to their chomping on them 😂 Glad you enjoyed the footage!
I noticed that about the coyotes, too. There was also a moose who was very aware of the camera. First simply staring at it, and then a moment later inches away sniffing it and looking right in the lens.
Hey SVC, Having recently started using a trail cam and viewing tons of UA-cam videos, this is the best content that I have seen! Cool seeing baby badgers. Never seen that before anywhere. Great job by Luke! I've subscribed and look forward to viewing other videos on your channel. Tom from Northern Illinois
Love the bears thete so funny scratching on the trees . Great footage . The mountain lion sound , real different. And the animals notice the camera too .
Great stuff, I live close to the Swans now and fish there a lot. Long harsh winters so not much small game like I grew up with rabbits, quail and squirrels are non existent. Watching these predators prowl the woods I can see why combined with the -25 degree nights we just had. Thanks for sharing!
incredible. truly incredible. and not by and for an audience that simply wants to blast them all. so glad that there are folks like you in the west who like animals and don't view them all as pests.
Nature is Gods Temple. This is some awesome footage of Mother Nature, in all her beauty, without man trying to manipulate it or destroy it completely. Thank you.
16:04 Swan Valley…..I really enjoy watching trailcam videos…….Thanks for sharing all the great footage …..so much activity and a wide variety……❣️😊❣️😊❣️
Never having used a trail cam ua-cam.com/users/postUgkx2sTDdZXomuxedMg_HothfjSXjR3rpPkA before, I was very impressed with the quality of the images and videos. The sensitivity of the camera can be adjusted as well as the length of video recordings. Once I found the sweet spot, I was getting great clips of deer and other animals almost every day. I was worried about battery life but have been running off the same 4 aa batteries for over a month. The SD card is easy to remove and connect to a computer. I have a Mac, and the AVI files open natively in QuickTime and are easy to save and share. This is a great, budget-friendly trail cam.
This is absolutely the best wildlife cam footage compilation I’ve ever seen. What a treat!! For those who arent familiar with this region of the 🇺🇸, Swan Valley is in Montana, not far from Glacier National Park. When you look at the bears, Black bears can be black or brown. Grizzly bears are much larger, and always have that distinctive hump between their shoulders.
It’s in Montana. It’s a good thing the U.S. has gorgeous animals here, too! 😁… I’ve been there with my family during the Fall season and a lot less tourists and it’s absolutely beautiful there. There’s a few small towns and beautiful camping areas around Montana to stay at.
Is this Idaho or Montana?🤔 It is hands down the best trail cam video I've ever seen! You had me with the mountain lions, but then the family of badgers came up. What a magical place! The itchy bear, otter, beaver, coyote, wolf, and all the babies were great. And I think I possibly saw a mink, too. :^)
Thanks to Carol for stepping in (we don't check our UA-cam comments enough, but will try to be better!) - but yes, northwest Montana! We're incredibly lucky to be between two Wilderness areas and share the landscape with so many amazing native species. It truly is a unique and wild place, and we try to be the best stewards we can be for it.
Magnificent tracking and captures. I could spend hours watching. And what remarkable biodiversity!!! It should be noted that Wolves are distrustful animals, they capture any alteration in the environment, They are the ones who, upon noticing the camera trap, act cautiously, they are amazing!!! Thanks for sharing. I would really like to work in a place like this.
Thank you, Esteban! It's true. Before hunting and trapping were allowed, we would see them on camera more often, but they are understandably wary now and incredibly smart!
Quelle diversité d’animaux ! J’utilise une caméra coolife h881 pour ma chaîne et j’en suis très satisfait. Bravo pour cette vidéo et merci pour le partage. Bonne continuation !
Ah sorry - just went through it again and there are two with totally white heads, so yes- probably 4.5+ years old! (Hard to keep track of all that's in this video hah)
Hey, thanks for posting. Been a few years since I've been up by the lakes. I used to truck through there and stop at the mill for wood chips. Very good quality. We have way too many of them big bears around now, I wish they would open up a season on them, I want a rug.
So many itchy bears, lol. It’s amazing when the shots show a giant grizzly on a camera and the the same camera shows people in the same spot later. Shows how close our paths cross.
Thanks, Cindy! Stay tuned..we share a lot of our videos during our annual "Wild for Wildlife" fundraising campaign, which runs for the month of November.
Fun fact: During the Pleistocene, this area was most certainly home to way more animals. Such as the absolutely colossal Giant Short-faced Bear (Arctodus simus). Just like the Grizzlies and Black Bears in this video, mothers raised their cubs only. With the father having no job in raising his offspring. They also died out quite recently. Around 10,000 years ago. In fact, many recent (2018-2022) isotopic and DNA analysis and fossil finds have shown that Arctodus simus coexisted, competed, and dominated the still extant and much smaller American Black Bears and Grizzlies.
Thank you for following along! We're doing our best and appreciate the support - the Swan is a unique and special place that we're lucky to call home and share with all of these species🙂
I had no idea mountain lions sounded like that. I would have been like, "oh, a bird. Let's go see what it looks like" then die.
Hah, it would most likely take off in the other direction!
That's so funny!! Not just one either, that one scene had 5 there!!!
At least your death will have fed a family, so it would not have been for naught!😅😁
it looked very young
😅😅😅😅😅 truth! Here kitty kitty
😊 I love these films, no voice or music, just normal animal situations. Thanks
Just a peek into their lives
honestly these game trail cameras on youtube can teach you more about animals than most nature shows
Totally.
David Attenborough would like a word with you.
Good point.
How? Lol. Nature documentaries also explain things during the footage
Yep, it's pretty cool to see what critters do when they don't know they're being watched.
I've been a predator hunter all my life, and it's amazing how much I've learned about their behavior from these trail cam compilations.
Legend has it that the bear still hasn’t scratched that itch…
this is some of the best trail cam footage ive ever seen
Thank you!
Absolutely wonderful!
This must be in a very remote wilderness area with seldom human interaction. Just wonderful!!
@@nightingaleofsorrow9349 We're in a narrow river valley between two Wilderness areas, and we've got a population of about 350-500 people (not all year-round residents). These locations aren't far from hiking trails and Forest Service roads, but the wildlife does have lots of space to roam!
check out the one from Pennsylvania with the log across the stream. Huge variety o critters, also very good.
This is so wonderful. I was very interested (2:29) at the sound the cougar made. If I heard that in the wild, I would have thought a bird. Even playing it back and listening to it as was watching the cougar, it still sounded like a bird.
Cougars have very unusual calls!
@@SwanValleyConnectionsCondondo cougars (not the old ladies, the big cats) purr?
yes, mountain lions do purr!@@SarahGraceBennett
@@SwanValleyConnectionsCondon this fact just adds to my theory that mountain lions are just large housecats that don't want to be petted
@@SarahGraceBennett haha yes, or house cats are tiny mountain lions...?
I love how the bears are always on the search for the best back scratching tree!!😊 Love the entire video! Watching from Grants Pass, Oregon
Thanks, Barbara! The trees are like communication posts along their paths - lots of message-sharing going on there 🙂
@@SwanValleyConnectionsCondon if it itches, SCRATCH IT
This is without doubt the best trail cam footage I have ever seen. I don't know if you have superior equipment, but whatever you have you took the trouble to mount it in a lot of interesting places and the clarity and color are exceptional. I like your editing, showing the seasons. The coyote at around 12.47 was the only animal I saw even vaguely aware of your camera, and he was very suspicious. Great capture of activity and animal families.
Thank you, Susan! We currently use Browning and Bushnell trail cameras. Wolves are (understandably) the most wary of cameras (which is what you see at 12:47, not a coyote), and bears are certainly the most curious- we've lost quite a few to their chomping on them 😂 Glad you enjoyed the footage!
I noticed that about the coyotes, too. There was also a moose who was very aware of the camera. First simply staring at it, and then a moment later inches away sniffing it and looking right in the lens.
@@davisappletv9931 Yes, that's actually a cow elk 🙂
Watch also Kevin Jeffery just found his today.
Holy heck batman! Seriously, that's the most well done wild cam footage I've ever seen.
Thanks, Bonny!
So many beautiful families! Even badgers! Lovely mountain lion kits.
Exactly
Greeting from Australia. Really terrific footage of these glorious animals. Thanks for posting.
Hello! Thanks so much
What a wonderful collection of wild animals Thanks greetings from Scotland.
Thank you! Hello from Montana 🙂
Amazing captures on video! Especially of the bears and the mountain lions. Thank you!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed watching.
What a great collection!
Thanks for sharing.
Living in the Seeley Swan valley is a true blessing!
It is! One we try to never take for granted. Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed it!
Where is Seeley Swan Valley?
@@cherylbarkley8471northwestern Montana, just south of Glacier National Park.
This nature trail cam caught extraordinary footage, I absolutely LOVE it !
Amazing footage , love hearing the pumas calling. Thanks for sharing
Thank you! It is fun to hear 🙂
Hey SVC, Having recently started using a trail cam and viewing tons of UA-cam videos, this is the best content that I have seen! Cool seeing baby badgers. Never seen that before anywhere. Great job by Luke! I've subscribed and look forward to viewing other videos on your channel. Tom from Northern Illinois
Gorgeous footage, thank you so much for posting!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Animals walking and moving. Heads are turning and butts are shaking. Animals moving and moving ! Greetings from Finland
Love the bears thete so funny scratching on the trees .
Great footage .
The mountain lion sound , real different.
And the animals notice the camera too .
Thanks, Nancy! They do notice when there's something out of place in their environment for sure. Glad you enjoyed it all
Great stuff, I live close to the Swans now and fish there a lot. Long harsh winters so not much small game like I grew up with rabbits, quail and squirrels are non existent. Watching these predators prowl the woods I can see why combined with the -25 degree nights we just had. Thanks for sharing!
It can be a tough place to survive. Thanks for watching!
Really scored with this selection of clips. Elk was great to see.
This is some really excellent footage. Thanks for posting. I know I’m 2 years behind the party but you just popped up in my recommendations today.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I never saw so many mountain lions in one area and all together!!! Wow!!! Beautiful!!! I thought they were solitary animals.
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We're continuing to learn more and more about their complex social lives!
That was simply amazing, well done. The best yet of trail cams Ive seen!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. The Swan is a special place 🙂
incredible. truly incredible. and not by and for an audience that simply wants to blast them all. so glad that there are folks like you in the west who like animals and don't view them all as pests.
Thank you, James! From grizzlies to gophers, they each play an important role in our ecosystem.
This was so special to observe, thank you for recording all of these beautiful creatures and making this video!!
U 😍
at 12:37: The wolf noticing the incongruous camera and immediately getting leery is outright stunning!
They're (understandably) very alert and we don't often get them on camera!
In addition to the animals, the sun and the silence are mesmerizing
Excellent quality, very nice camera!!
Pesma goniča je najlepša. Još kad ovako oblajava svinju na mestu, eto ti adrenalina !!! Volim lov !!!!!!
Nature is Gods Temple. This is some awesome footage of Mother Nature, in all her beauty, without man trying to manipulate it or destroy it completely. Thank you.
Extreme thanks from Australia.
glad you enjoyed!
It's heaven - hope humanity rises to the occasion, but Earth needs triage.
Thank you for magnificent footage.,♡
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love watching the storms move in over the swann,,,,beautiful country...
Us too! We're certainly lucky to call it home and share it with all of these incredible species.
Great Video!!!! So clear, crisp, Love It!
Thank you!
Wonderful trailcam footage! Imagine....five pumas in one frame! Zowie!
Thank you!
Fabulous! thank you so very much. From Western Australia.
Great wildlife video! Thanks for sharing! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, that really show the possibilities with a well placed trail camera.
Seen a lot of trail camera footage . . . nothing as amazing as this. Camera placement was spot on. Great job!
Thank you!
16:04 Swan Valley…..I really enjoy watching trailcam videos…….Thanks for sharing all the great footage …..so much activity and a wide variety……❣️😊❣️😊❣️
Glad you enjoy them!
@@SwanValleyConnectionsCondon def enjoy them, tyvm
Amazing footage, pure wealth to see such abundant wildlife & nature!
🙂
Very beautiful area and to see all the wildlife is truly wondrous.
Wonderful! Thank you. I'm amazed by so much diurnal activity. Makes you want to go more quietly and pay more attention when you walk in the woods!
Glad it's inspired you! 🙂
Never having used a trail cam ua-cam.com/users/postUgkx2sTDdZXomuxedMg_HothfjSXjR3rpPkA before, I was very impressed with the quality of the images and videos. The sensitivity of the camera can be adjusted as well as the length of video recordings. Once I found the sweet spot, I was getting great clips of deer and other animals almost every day. I was worried about battery life but have been running off the same 4 aa batteries for over a month. The SD card is easy to remove and connect to a computer. I have a Mac, and the AVI files open natively in QuickTime and are easy to save and share. This is a great, budget-friendly trail cam.
This is absolutely the best wildlife cam footage compilation I’ve ever seen. What a treat!!
For those who arent familiar with this region of the 🇺🇸, Swan Valley is in Montana, not far from Glacier National Park.
When you look at the bears, Black bears can be black or brown. Grizzly bears are much larger, and always have that distinctive hump between their shoulders.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
@@SwanValleyConnectionsCondon loved it & shared it🙂
Absolutely gorgeous animals. Must be Canada. Even the rare, elusive Golden Retriever was shown. 😊 Thank you for sharing your nature with us.
Montana! 🙂Happy to share
It’s in Montana. It’s a good thing the U.S. has gorgeous animals here, too! 😁… I’ve been there with my family during the Fall season and a lot less tourists and it’s absolutely beautiful there. There’s a few small towns and beautiful camping areas around Montana to stay at.
@@HappyGirl92593 Thank you, Wifey.
Oh,wow! This absolutely madey day and night! Netter than any Christmas gift! Thank you! From Southern Minnesota...previously Northern Manitoba.
So happy you enjoyed it so much!
Excellent footage. Thank you.
recently found these videos and your page and i just am in awe. Been watching them before bed every night and its the perfect way to end the day
We love that! Glad you're enjoying them 🙂
Is this Idaho or Montana?🤔 It is hands down the best trail cam video I've ever seen! You had me with the mountain lions, but then the family of badgers came up. What a magical place! The itchy bear, otter, beaver, coyote, wolf, and all the babies were great. And I think I possibly saw a mink, too. :^)
Definitely MT…great non-profit out of Condon…please support their work!
@@carolprichard8244 Thank you so much for the kind words and support!
Thanks to Carol for stepping in (we don't check our UA-cam comments enough, but will try to be better!) - but yes, northwest Montana! We're incredibly lucky to be between two Wilderness areas and share the landscape with so many amazing native species. It truly is a unique and wild place, and we try to be the best stewards we can be for it.
This was the best viewing of wildlife I’ve seen here. What a great place to observe. Thank you for sharing!
@@sheilasf195 Thank you, Sheila! Glad you enjoyed it!
Just a fantastic video love all the animals ❤
Отличные кадры! Братья наши меньшие, какие вы красивые.
Thank you!
Watching from good ole Blighty❤️
Nice variety of wildlife. Really enjoyed this video so much! Your Oregon Viewer.
Thank you!
Incredible! Thanks!
Amazing job thanks for sharing your beautiful video
I love all of these awesome, precious critters!!!!!!!!
How much Peace. This is Beautiful and Crazy to See people on the same Spot as bears etc.
Magnificent tracking and captures. I could spend hours watching. And what remarkable biodiversity!!! It should be noted that Wolves are distrustful animals, they capture any alteration in the environment, They are the ones who, upon noticing the camera trap, act cautiously, they are amazing!!! Thanks for sharing. I would really like to work in a place like this.
Thank you, Esteban! It's true. Before hunting and trapping were allowed, we would see them on camera more often, but they are understandably wary now and incredibly smart!
Wolves can be hunted again?
@@kareharpies There is a wolf hunting and trapping season in Montana, yes.
@@SwanValleyConnectionsCondon So this was in Montana?
@@chairlesnicol672 yes
Amazing footage. Thank you for sharing with us.
Happy to 🙂
Quelle diversité d’animaux ! J’utilise une caméra coolife h881 pour ma chaîne et j’en suis très satisfait. Bravo pour cette vidéo et merci pour le partage. Bonne continuation !
Wow, those bald eagles were huge, what, maybe 3 or 4 years? You guys covered all the beautiful creatures of the forest. Thank you so much.
Probably 1.5-2 years old! (More brown than white on their heads). Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed it!
Ah sorry - just went through it again and there are two with totally white heads, so yes- probably 4.5+ years old! (Hard to keep track of all that's in this video hah)
That guy running down the hill was huge.
Hey, thanks for posting. Been a few years since I've been up by the lakes. I used to truck through there and stop at the mill for wood chips. Very good quality. We have way too many of them big bears around now, I wish they would open up a season on them, I want a rug.
So many itchy bears, lol. It’s amazing when the shots show a giant grizzly on a camera and the the same camera shows people in the same spot later. Shows how close our paths cross.
It's incredible isn't it?
Plus you can see those trees don’t stand a chance against the huge grizzlies
That was brilliant to watch thanks
Glad you enjoyed!
Amazing footage. TY 😊
This is the best I've ever seen. What an incredible place
I can watch this all day
Us too 🙂
Wow, congrats man beautiful !!!
Great stuff, thank you! 👍🏼🐻🌲☀️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful!! I could watch this All Day : )
🙂
Amazing footage! Thanks
Happy to share- thanks for watching!
Omg fantastic amount of wildlife bears mountain lions wolves 🇬🇧
Hello how are you doing?
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful wildlife. Liked and subscribed
Thanks, Cindy! Stay tuned..we share a lot of our videos during our annual "Wild for Wildlife" fundraising campaign, which runs for the month of November.
i see you've captured the ever elusive humans in there too! amazing
epic footage Ive never seen a badger
Wow! That squad of 5 mountain lion was wild. I've never seen that many at once. That mom has her hands full! Great footage
She was a great mom!
Looks similar to Swan Valley in Idaho. Beautiful!
lovely, phantastic, thanks for posting this video
Happy to share
Wow!! Love this! Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
2024....Beautiful footage...closest we can get to grizzlies..lol..enjoyed every minute of it...thank you from Canada..
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome trail cam footage l enjoyed it.
Wonderful footage!
Wow this video is awesome!!!
Thanks, Patsy!
Superb thanks
this is really good! thanks!
What an absolutely beautiful place!
It sure is :)
I just love these you do a wonderful job. ty for sharing.
Thank you!
@@SwanValleyConnectionsCondon you are welcome.I told my Son about your video's too.
@@kimlampkin Awesome 🙂
Thank you! Loved it!
We're so glad!
I LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS ❤
WOW!, These clips reveal just how removed we are from the natural world.
JUST OUTSTANDING
:27 Look at the height of that Grizzly scrape! That was a large bear!
Incredible! What a paradise!
We're so lucky to call it home and share it with these species!
❤Awesome!
Fun fact: During the Pleistocene, this area was most certainly home to way more animals. Such as the absolutely colossal Giant Short-faced Bear (Arctodus simus). Just like the Grizzlies and Black Bears in this video, mothers raised their cubs only. With the father having no job in raising his offspring. They also died out quite recently. Around 10,000 years ago. In fact, many recent (2018-2022) isotopic and DNA analysis and fossil finds have shown that Arctodus simus coexisted, competed, and dominated the still extant and much smaller American Black Bears and Grizzlies.
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video and channel! Keep the Swan wild! Keep up the great work!! 👍🐻🏔️New local subscriber!
Thank you for following along! We're doing our best and appreciate the support - the Swan is a unique and special place that we're lucky to call home and share with all of these species🙂