Coyotes
The coyotes at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge are used to having people around and go about their business without giving them much attention. Makes for some super photo ops. We like it!
Just Ignore Him, Ruthie, He's Harmless
Coyote Pair, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
December 16, 2024
Howl!
Coyote, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
November 14, 2022
Coyote, a Portrait
Coyote, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
November 24, 2024
Coyote, a Portrait
Coyote, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
December 8, 2023
Sometimes one sees something in an image...
HEADS UP!!
Snow Geese and Coyote, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
January 29, 2015
These geese are alert but they don’t seem too too worried that old three-legged coyote is going to snatch a meal this morning. The coyote isn’t as close to them as my telephoto lens might indicate.
Addenda
Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf, is a species of canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf.
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Coyote males average 8 to 20 kg (18 to 44 lb) in weight, while females average 7 to 18 kg (15 to 40 lb), though size varies geographically.
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The color and texture of the coyote's fur vary somewhat geographically. The hair's predominant color is light gray and red or fulvous, interspersed around the body with black and white. Coyotes living at high elevations tend to have more black and gray shades than their desert-dwelling counterparts, which are more fulvous or whitish-gray. The coyote's fur consists of short, soft underfur and long, coarse guard hairs. The fur of northern subspecies is longer and denser than in southern forms, with the fur of some Mexican and Central American forms being almost hispid (bristly). Generally, adult coyotes (including coywolf hybrids) have a sable coat color, dark neonatal coat color, bushy tail with an active supracaudal gland, and a white facial mask. Albinism is extremely rare in coyotes.
Wikipedia: Coyote