The subject of my Flora and Fauna Friday post this week is the Coyote (Canis latrans). A species of canine native to North America.
It is widespread and abundant and is moving into urban areas in eastern Canada and the U.S.
This individual was photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada in the winter. I like the way the colour of the Coyote blends in with the surrounding grass.
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What a spot!
It was a regular spot for at least two that winter. I had one on my side of the grass a day or two earlier.
How wonderful. Extraordinary experience
I suspect that there was something dead nearby. We were in a cold spell, I seem to think that it was around -30°C when I took the photo. An old or injured deer could easily have died in the bush.
Yikes those temperatures
-30°C wasn’t unusual for central Saskatchewan in the winter. There was a few times I was out with a camera at -40°.
Not for me!
Nor me these days.
Cool shot. It’s certainly noticed you as well.
Thanks Graham. They’re normally very wary of humans. It was a bitterly cold morning so I was sitting in my vehicle with the telephoto lens sticking out of the window so it was probably less cautious.
Beautiful shot – heavenly colours.
Thanks Ann-Christine. I don’t think I have ever seen two coyotes that were the same colour.
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