Note this position closes Wednesday: jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223...

see also this nice summary news.ncsu.edu/2025/06/huma...

you can also use clock time or sun time - look at the difference in this activity graph for raccoons. The data comes year-round from NC so sunrise/sunset vary quite a bit, messing up their peak of activity after sunset. Surprising it has little affect on their before-bed peak.

Coyote and grey fox daily activity. Foxes avoid our yard in the evening but not the early AM. cool

Here's the monthly detection rates for coyotes, red and grey foxes from my yard over the last few years. Grey foxes are the most common, red foxes rare visitors, maybe when the coyotes are away.

I know they eat them but have never seen how

After I recorded this video I set cams again in an area with lots of fisher and porcs. I'm going through the footage now and had 27 fishers in 70 days (~1 fisher every 3 days) - this seems super high, fisher hotspot... maybe its all the porcupines around there 🤔 @scottlapoint.bsky.social