"CHRISTMAS COYOTE"

Coyote - 8 Photos

An opportunity to photograph a young coyote in his/her natural environment would have been on my Christmas wish list if I thought that it could be possible.

But wishes sometimes can come true.

Christmas morning I spotted a coyote hidden mostly by dried marsh grasses & bulrushes, hunting on a frozen pond. Walked quickly around the pond to where I thought the coyote would exit. From a safe distance, I had just started to adjust my camera settings, when up from the pond & out of the trees, exploded a White-Tailed deer doe at full speed. Wait for it and less than five seconds later, the doe was followed by the coyote. The coyote's exit, like the deer's, was so quick, I didn't have any opportunity to take a shot.

So as I turned to try to find where the coyote had gone, coming down the path was a second coyote, obviously intent on following her sibling. I say "her" because I've seen these two before and like the two (from a different family) I photographed earlier in the year, they appear to have a special bond. Where there is one, the other is usually not far away. From their size & leggy looks, they are most likely this year's youngsters.

Another blog will shortly follow, highlighting photos of this same coyote and documenting what happened next.

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