2010_0700 Coyote Play - Part II
As promised, another shot of the young Coyote at play. He (or she - I really couldn't tell) was shaking the clump of bison hair back and forth like a dog with an old sock. Look at that snarl! Way to go, Coyote - you teach that ol' bison who's boss!
Coyotes, of course, are too small to do any damage to a bison, but there have been a few natural deaths among the park's bison herd, and those carcasses were quickly cleaned up by the local coyotes, ravens, and magpies. And just as a sidebar, I once stood amid the strewn bones and remaining sinews of a dead bison to get a nice wide angle shot. I wasn't able to wear those shoes for a year, due to the corpse smell. Finally I filled them with baking soda and left them in my mudroom for six months, and that did the trick.
Taking a break from coyotes now for a few days, but they'll be back...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2010_0700 Coyote Play - Part II
As promised, another shot of the young Coyote at play. He (or she - I really couldn't tell) was shaking the clump of bison hair back and forth like a dog with an old sock. Look at that snarl! Way to go, Coyote - you teach that ol' bison who's boss!
Coyotes, of course, are too small to do any damage to a bison, but there have been a few natural deaths among the park's bison herd, and those carcasses were quickly cleaned up by the local coyotes, ravens, and magpies. And just as a sidebar, I once stood amid the strewn bones and remaining sinews of a dead bison to get a nice wide angle shot. I wasn't able to wear those shoes for a year, due to the corpse smell. Finally I filled them with baking soda and left them in my mudroom for six months, and that did the trick.
Taking a break from coyotes now for a few days, but they'll be back...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.