Wile E. Coyote
A coyote runs down the middle of the frozen river
Kamloops, B.C.
This photo isn't the best quality. The coyote was far away and I don't have a very long lens so I've had to zoom it in with Lightroom.
When I spotted the tiny canine shape running down the river, even though it was far away, I knew it was not somebody's pet dog. It ran very, very quickly. As I watched it through my telephoto lens, it lay down in the middle of the snow-drift covered ice to rest for two minutes. Then it was up again on its speedy way, covering a lot of territory in a short time.
I wasn't quite sure if it was a coyote or a wolf. I thought then it might be a wolf because of the bushy tail for I didn't realize then that both have bushy tails. Either would have been a rare sight so close to the city centre but while a coyote is not uncommon in outlying areas, wolves are extremely rare anywhere in the region. When I got the several photos I'd taken zoomed in on the computer there was no doubt it was a coyote for I could see the characteristic pointed snout. Later I found info on the internet that coyotes run with their tails held down while wolves hold their tails out behind them.
Wile E. Coyote
A coyote runs down the middle of the frozen river
Kamloops, B.C.
This photo isn't the best quality. The coyote was far away and I don't have a very long lens so I've had to zoom it in with Lightroom.
When I spotted the tiny canine shape running down the river, even though it was far away, I knew it was not somebody's pet dog. It ran very, very quickly. As I watched it through my telephoto lens, it lay down in the middle of the snow-drift covered ice to rest for two minutes. Then it was up again on its speedy way, covering a lot of territory in a short time.
I wasn't quite sure if it was a coyote or a wolf. I thought then it might be a wolf because of the bushy tail for I didn't realize then that both have bushy tails. Either would have been a rare sight so close to the city centre but while a coyote is not uncommon in outlying areas, wolves are extremely rare anywhere in the region. When I got the several photos I'd taken zoomed in on the computer there was no doubt it was a coyote for I could see the characteristic pointed snout. Later I found info on the internet that coyotes run with their tails held down while wolves hold their tails out behind them.