A playful fox captured on a trail camera in an orchard on the outskirts of Las Vegas, N.M. (Martín Salazar/Albuquerque Journal)
A trio of curious mountain lions captured on a trail on the west side of the Sandia Mountains. (Matthew Reisen/Albuquerque Journal)
A coyote in an orchard on the outskirts of Las Vegas, N.M. (Martín Salazar/Albuquerque Journal)
A pair of scruffy deer are seen roaming the west side of the Sandia Mountains. (Matthew Reisen/Albuquerque Journal)
A trio of curious mountain lions captured on a trail on the west side of the Sandia Mountains. (Matthew Reisen/Albuquerque Journal)
A seldom seen ringtail cat struts around the Sandia Mountains.(Matthew Reisen/Albuquerque Journal)
A coyote in an orchard on the outskirts of Las Vegas, N.M. (Martín Salazar/Albuquerque Journal)
A couple of gobbling turkeys seen during mating season on the west side of the Sandias. (Matthew Reisen/Albuquerque Journal)
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Two Journal staffers who caught the wildlife bug, Matthew Reisen and Martín Salazar, invested in some trail cameras and soon caught something else. A bouncing fox and a pair of coyotes in an orchard on the outskirts of Las Vegas. Then, on the west side of the Sandia Mountains, there was what appeared to be a mountain lion family, some gobbling turkeys and a rare sighting of a ringtail cat.
