Earlier this month I spotted a coyote (Canis latrans) at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The coyote was hanging around a prairie dog town (you can see a prairie dog in the background) and magpies accompanied it, hoping to scavenge some tasty remnants.
I took these photos from inside my car with the windows open, hoping that no other cars would come by and disturb the coyote. Fortunately it was early in the morning and I was able to watch the coyote without interruptions. The coyote was unsuccessful in its hunt while I was there and eventually moved on.
Although we have coyotes at the wildlife refuge where I do a lot of my photography in Northern Virginia, this was my first time seeing and photographing one.
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The coyote is so beautiful and looked very healthy. Years ago while in New Mexico, we watched a coyote and badger cooperatively hunting prairie dogs. Very interesting but not for the prairie dog. Interesting shot of the magpie too. Thank you.
Thanks, Ann, for sharing your experience. It must have been cool to observe a coyote and badger working together. I too noted how healthy the coyote looked. In some other areas, I have seen photos of coyotes that looked skinny and mangy.
He looks so lovely and healthy he almost has the chubbiness of a domesticated dog. We have coyotes who visit our neighborhood here in PA ever so often and one was so scrawny and mangy that we nicknamed him Chupacabra.
Very cool!
Thanks.