"A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS"

Coyote - 5 Photos

Coyotes, as a means to surviving among ever increasing human populations into natural areas, have become one of the most successful stories of wildlife adapting to our encroachment on the landscape.

They have made this possible, for example, by modifying the times of day/night when they hunt, being more elusive when travelling in urban areas and ensuring they have a safe retreat to more wild spaces. (It is a strategy that has also been adopted by the bobcat.)

I spotted this young coyote exiting from behind a series of houses that border a provincial park. The backyards of these houses back onto a wilderness area, the two spaces being separated only by chain link fences.

He/she made quick work of the short journey into the meadow forming the entrance of the park and then headed for a small ridge that runs across the grassy terrain, joining urban area at one end to wild at the other.

In this instance, the coyote used it to take time out to sit & reflect before moving on (Photo #1 through Photo #5). However, I have seen coyotes in the past, use the gully that lies below as a corridor to pass between the two spaces, protected and almost indetectable. And then on, of course, to more opportunities for exploring, hunting & denning.

PHOTO #1

PHOTO #2

PHOTO #3

PHOTO #4

PHOTO #5