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Longing
This young Coyote tried stalking a squirrel, who scampered up the tree to safety. The squirrel didn’t wait too long after the Coyote turned its back before coming back down, and then the process repeated itself a couple more times. Fortunately for the squirrel, the Coyote doesn’t know how to climb trees.
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Blue-Eyed Beauty
Hearkening back to an encounter early in the fall with one of my favorite coyotes: a blue-eyed survivor with ears bearing the marks of past battles. I hope he’s doing okay; I haven’t seen him in a while.
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Yawning Coyote
What does it mean when a Coyote yawns? Sometimes it means the Coyote is tired, or waking up, just like with humans. That’ll usually be accompanied by stretching. I’ve seen young Coyotes yawn as part of a greeting for their mother. In that case, there was also a lot of smiling. Coyotes will also yawn…
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Coyote Eyelashes
Have you ever seen a Coyote’s eyelashes before? It was very windy and this fellow was walking straight into the wind as it headed for shelter to ride out an incoming storm. Squinting into the wind, the Coyote revealed its delicate white eyelashes for my camera.
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Short-Tailed Coyote
I always wonder what the story is when I see an animal that looks different from the rest. This Coyote is obviously missing the long and luxurious tail its species usually sports. Sometimes a shorter tail is a sign of mange, but you can usually see the core of the tail hanging down below the…
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Three Amigos
Most of the Coyotes I see in Point Reyes are solitary, or in pairs during mating season. It stands to reason since they almost exclusively prey on small rodents that there wouldn’t be much if any advantage to hunting in packs. If anything, a pack-mate is just a potential tipoff for a skittish gopher or…
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Coyote After the Rain
A Coyote standing on a hillside during a break from the rain. If it’s raining on the weekend, I’ll almost certainly be out in a nearby park looking for wildlife. Most of the animals are smarter than me, so I don’t see as much as I would on clear days, but the parks are much…
