2110_2196 Confrontation
This is the first of four sequential shots featuring two prairie Coyotes. I wasn't close, but my telephoto was able to lock on.
The back story: it was late October. I had discovered - thanks to a tip - that a Coyote family were frequenting an area in and around one of the many prairie dog towns in Grasslands National Park. But they weren't hunting rodents. An easier source of nutrients was abundant at that time: grasshoppers. Some of you saw my shots of these predators nosing through the grass and sagebrush, at times even snapping at the flying insects they flushed. Pretty interesting stuff!
On this day, I sat in the rolling red Toyota blind, watching that action unfold. In particular, I was tracking the Coyote on the left in this shot. It had been in close, then moved farther away, toward the base of some rolling hills. When I saw a second Coyote appear and then approach from higher ground, I started shooting again; I'm always excited to see two critters interact. What would happen? Find out tomorrow...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2110_2196 Confrontation
This is the first of four sequential shots featuring two prairie Coyotes. I wasn't close, but my telephoto was able to lock on.
The back story: it was late October. I had discovered - thanks to a tip - that a Coyote family were frequenting an area in and around one of the many prairie dog towns in Grasslands National Park. But they weren't hunting rodents. An easier source of nutrients was abundant at that time: grasshoppers. Some of you saw my shots of these predators nosing through the grass and sagebrush, at times even snapping at the flying insects they flushed. Pretty interesting stuff!
On this day, I sat in the rolling red Toyota blind, watching that action unfold. In particular, I was tracking the Coyote on the left in this shot. It had been in close, then moved farther away, toward the base of some rolling hills. When I saw a second Coyote appear and then approach from higher ground, I started shooting again; I'm always excited to see two critters interact. What would happen? Find out tomorrow...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.