1606_3435 Coyote in Summer
Summertime, and the living is easy... unless you're a Coyote still wearing last winter's coat! Our summers can get as uncomfortably hot as the winters are cold, so twice a year the Coyotes have to change their dress code. This one is still moulting in late June as it traverses a field of grass, sage, and prairie coneflower. I expect to see it on the local fashion show catwalk - er, dogwalk? - by early November.
Tomorrow: another prairie mammal that doesn't look its best in summer...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2016 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1606_3435 Coyote in Summer
Summertime, and the living is easy... unless you're a Coyote still wearing last winter's coat! Our summers can get as uncomfortably hot as the winters are cold, so twice a year the Coyotes have to change their dress code. This one is still moulting in late June as it traverses a field of grass, sage, and prairie coneflower. I expect to see it on the local fashion show catwalk - er, dogwalk? - by early November.
Tomorrow: another prairie mammal that doesn't look its best in summer...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2016 James R. Page - all rights reserved.