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Sep 14 2005
On The Howl
Posted by in Photography
The coyotes on the hill behind our home have been howling like mad lately. Maybe they were celebrating the birth of some little ones, like these found just off Sandy Flats Road.
September 14th, 2005 at 8:38 am
They may be predators and nuisances, but their pups sure are cute and the pic is great!
September 14th, 2005 at 8:45 am
Exactly what Georgia said. I know they grow up to be killers…but they’re awfully cute at this age!
September 14th, 2005 at 10:39 am
Great picture! They are so cute!!
September 14th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
Each time I come to visit your blog, I enjoy it more each time. You have a knack to imparting the importance of nature. Something we sometimes drift away from.
September 14th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
Puppies are always adorable, aren’t they? And while they may grow up to be “killers” and “predators”, folks, just think of what would happen if they didn’t!
God made them just like He made us. He knows what He’s doing. They cull weaker wildlife and that is needed to keep wildlife healthy. You might think of them as a natural cleaner-upper. Without them, we would have more sick deer and other wildlife, which would then breed and make more sick wildlife, sometimes too much of it. Then we would be overrun with it.
There is a place in the world for all life’s “predators”. That’s why God, in His wisdom, created them in the first place.
Meanwhile, thanks for the picture! Win, win, win situation! (Note: I live in Idaho, where some folks stupidly hate wolves).
September 14th, 2005 at 3:11 pm
Great photo opp. Excellent picture!
September 14th, 2005 at 5:55 pm
Great photo! They will grow up and will be predators…. It’s their nature! No good and no bad, just nature!
September 14th, 2005 at 6:21 pm
What a great photo! It is almost as I am standing there and invisible to them.
September 14th, 2005 at 6:24 pm
Awwww — hey, listen up, Pilgrims, and listen up good.
When I lived out in Cowtown USA, I managed to have sheep, chickens, peafowl, pigs — and a healthy coyote population. My guardian dog, an Anatolian/Pyranees cross, learned early to stay with her charges and not go chasing the decoy coyotes. We never lost anything to these li’l critters.
At Christmas, we’d fill the pickup with big boxes of beef bones from our rural butcher and put them out in the snow for the coyotes, bald eagles, and other welcome wildlife.
Cheers, Doug. You made my day.
September 14th, 2005 at 9:53 pm
Dear Doug,
Great shot, how’d you get it?
John hyatt
September 14th, 2005 at 11:39 pm
80-200mm lens on a Canon EOS1Ds Mark II, shot out the driver’s side window of my Jeep.
September 15th, 2005 at 6:14 am
Nicely done Doug. Always a pleasure to see what your eye catches. You’ve a gift for these and judging by other comments they are welcome. Thanks!