Coyote On the Move

Today’s post features a previously unpublished photo that I captured in December 2005. While hiking around the Amarugia Highlands CA in Cass County, Missouri, this coyote bolted out of the treeline and ran across the frosty trail: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 1D Mark 2 camera body Canon 100mm-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens Handheld, with IS “On” […]

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Chilling Duet

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A Howling Good Time

While going through my large volume of images in my library, I came upon some images that brought back a lot of memories. In 2008, I made my first of several trips to Yellowstone National Park in the dead of winter. While most of the park is closed this time of year, road crews work […]

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Foraging Coyotes

During my hike back to find the bighorn sheep at Waterton Canyon, a pair of Coyotes were busy foraging along the canyon slope. At first, only one coyote was observed, with a just-caught rodent in his mouth: Then, a yawn: Then, the second coyote appeared and off the two went, foraging along the snowy slope: […]

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Other Prairie Critters

In addition to the Harriers and the Short-Eared Owls, several other prairie inhabitants were seen during my recent trip to Prairie State Park and Shawnee Trail Conservation Area (southwest Missouri). Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) were spotted seemingly everywhere along the roads and often sitting in prairie trees/shrubs, or soaring over the open prairie:     […]

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Badlands Coyotes

During our time in the Badlands NP, we saw several coyotes (Canis latrans). Most of the time, they were at a distance and quite wary of people. But one morning we saw this little guy, who was neitherĀ far from the road, nor very afraid. I pulled the truck over to the side of the road […]

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