Stunning photo shows elusive wild beast posing for Pennsylvania surveillance cameras centuries after it was exterminated: 'Needle in a haystack'

An elusive creature known for its ferocious hunting skills was captured on camera during a rare sighting in Pennsylvania.

This elegant forest-dwelling mammal, known as a kingfisher, is believed to have been just that It was extirpated in the Keystone State due to unregulated hunting and widespread deforestation in the late 19th century.

At the time of the last trail camera sighting in the woods at Morrisville, the hunter had only previously been spotted in areas two to three hours away.

“I placed the camera on an old fallen tree trunk in a remote area and kept it there for several months,” said Bill Powers, founder of wildlife streaming service PixCams. Morrisville Star.

“I pulled out the SD card last week, and to my surprise it captured a photo of a fisherman in mid-June,” he continued.

Bill Powers, founder of the wildlife streaming service PixCams, recently posted footage of a hunter, describing the sighting as “like Christmas morning.”

Powers described finding the footage as “like Christmas morning.”

“You never know what you might see.” He added that this was the case yesterday.

The huntsman is a medium-sized carnivore, and the second largest member of the weasel family in Pennsylvania.

Adult males can weigh up to 15 pounds and females up to nine pounds. Males are usually longer, ranging from 35 to 48 inches, while females usually range from 30 to 37 inches.

Surprisingly, fishermen are not named for their hunting skills, as the omnivorous member of the weasel family does not typically eat fish.

Instead, the animal was named for its similar characteristics to the European cat, or “fetch.”

At the time of the unusual sighting, captured by wildlife cameras live, the poacher had only been seen in areas two to three hours away.

Surprisingly, fishermen were not named for their hunting skills, as the omnivorous member of the weasel family does not typically eat fish, but instead were named for their characteristics similar to the European cat, or “fetch.”

Hunters use scent to locate prey, and are famous for their remarkable ability to stalk porcupines, one of the few mammals to do so.

Porcupine's dangerous quills make them difficult to kill, but the hunter with a stealthy behavior targets the rodents' weak points such as their heads and faces.

Hunters also hunt rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, mice, reptiles, and sometimes outdoor cats.

Forest mammals are unique among forest carnivores in that they are well adapted to forage effectively within the canopy as well as on the ground, often feeding on berries and fruit.

The kingfisher is commonly found in Massachusetts, New England, New York, and southern Canada, with sightings few and far between in Pennsylvania.

Powers, who aims to help people connect with nature through his live wildlife recordings, described the sighting as “extremely rare, like finding a needle in a haystack.” Pictured: Bill Powers assembling an outdoor camera rig

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As loggers and farmers cleared much of the forest land to make room for industry, the number of hunters dwindled before intentional reintroduction efforts from Defenders of Wildlife brought them back to northern New England.

The hunter is known to avoid open areas such as fields and roads, and prefer forest habitats – which have been affected by climate change.

Powers, who aims to help people connect with nature through his live recordings of wildlife, described the recent sighting as “extremely rare, like finding a needle in a haystack.”