Night-time Wildlife Report [Eugene, Oregon, April 2026]

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Welcome to the April 2026 Planton Ridge nighttime wildlife report.

[00:00:06]The mice clean up under the bird feeders.

[00:00:13]Rats patrol near the fence.

[00:00:20]But let us dwell on chipmunks for a moment.

[00:00:25]You may recall me talking about rats in my car a while back.

[00:00:31]Well, I found some more shredded napkins in my glove box.

[00:00:39]So, I employed a trail camera to find the culprit.

[00:00:43]The nighttime cameras saw no rats.

[00:00:52]But when I looked for daytime visitors, I spied chipmunks.

[00:01:30]This is where you belong.

[00:01:34]The eastern cottontail rabbit.

[00:01:39]At night, I'm used to seeing these in the jaws of a fox.

[00:01:48]These are a few daytime recordings.

[00:02:05]But it's also risking its existence in the early morning.

[00:02:30]This month we'll look at a couple of cats.

[00:02:41]and how the same cats appear at night and day.

[00:02:54]The possum is only seen about onethird of the nights.

[00:03:19]The raccoons mostly travel alone, but two are more interesting than one.

[00:03:48]Then there was that time when three fled the area.

[00:03:54]And here the raccoon in the background spooks a fox.

[00:04:11]The skunks prefer being alone.

[00:04:28]This patio skunk is about to be ambushed by a fox.

[00:05:04]And here, two skunks meet on the same patio.

[00:05:37]Was just after this encounter that we enjoyed skunk odor inside the house.

[00:06:02]See you next month, skunk.

[00:06:13]Usually one, but sometimes two great foxes clean under the hanging bird feeders.

[00:07:13]This is a rare look at a visiting coyote.

[00:07:22]It turns around, perhaps sees the camera, and is spooked away.

[00:07:31]A minute later, the same thing.

[00:07:40]2 minutes later, it digs a little and then leaves.

[00:07:50]We're finding shed deer antlers in the yard, and the bucks are growing new ones.

[00:08:07]Here's a 13-month summary of nighttime sightings.