Master of stealth

It has been such a long time since I took and posted a photo of a Coyote - when I am lucky enough to see them, they are always trotting across a distant field and I am in a fast-moving vehicle : ) However, yesterday, on a long morning walk in Fish Creek Park from Votier's Flats to the Marshall Springs area, we watched this beautiful Coyote. My friends walked ahead just a little way and missed a second one that appeared. I thought the Coyote in my photo was looking back down this path at a man walking his dog, and felt a little anxious, but I guess it was waiting for the other Coyote to catch up. I wonder if the person was even aware that he had just passed two very close Coyotes : ) I loved the trees in the background. Actually, this path leads straight uphill to a residential area off to the right.

"There are only two recorded fatalities in North America from coyote attacks. In 1981 in Glendale, California, a coyote attacked toddler Kelly Keen, who was rescued by her father, but died in surgery due to blood loss and a broken neck. In October 2009, Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year-old folk singer on tour, died from injuries sustained in an attack by a pair of coyotes while hiking in the Skyline Trail of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. Recent studies have shown, however, that the large northeastern coyotes responsible for this attack may in fact be coyote-wolf hybrids (or coywolves) due to absorption of wolves when coyotes moved into eastern North America."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote

To see a beautiful painting based on my image, please take a look at Randy's (neurandy on Flickr) artwork. Thanks so much for using one of my photos, Randy - you did a great job!

www.flickr.com/photos/46438776@N03/5156132618/