And your coyotes...
Jan 23, 2021 18:30:05 #
We were surveying bird life at Harriett Wieder Regional Park in Huntington Beach a week ago Friday and looked down into the Bolsa Chica lowlands below the park. Seeing one coyote, we kept watching as it walked along the trucking road through the oil field below. Soon a second appeared...then a third...a fourth...and before we were done we were watching 8 coyotes walking down the road and into the surrounding grass and brush. They never really got together. This was one of the photos where I captured four at a time, spread out along the road. Hope you enjoy. This really deserves to be Downloaded and enlarged to fill your screen. Really fun to watch them. They all seemed to be healthy and well fed.
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Jan 23, 2021 18:38:39 #
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Jan 23, 2021 20:00:40 #
Appy
Loc: Flint Hills (Ks)
You're right jak! Those beauties look like they're doing very well for themselves. I love that photo!
Jan 23, 2021 21:02:06 #
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Jan 24, 2021 00:59:05 #
UTMike wrote:
Good shot, jak! They are not starving.
Hi, Mike. No, they are not starving. I suspect that between rodents, ducks, and other birds in the Bolsa Chica Preserve area, they are feeding very well. It was fun watching them. jak
Jan 24, 2021 01:02:19 #
kpmac wrote:
A very nice shot.
Thanks, kpmac. It was a beautiful day and fortuitous sighting of so many at one time. I zoomed way out to cover those four coyotes and then cropped the top and bottom quite a bit to focus on them as subjects. I think that panorama crop worked pretty well. The rest of the foreground and background was pretty much the same as what I left and didn't really add much to the photo. Take care and keep shooting! jak
Jan 24, 2021 01:04:05 #
Appy wrote:
You're right jak! Those beauties look like they're doing very well for themselves. I love that photo!
Thank you Appy. Glad you like it so much. I zoomed way out to include all four coyotes and then cropped the top and bottom, leaving a panoramic view, but insuring that the coyotes remained the subjects of the photo. I appreciate the kind comments and hope you have a great week. Stay healthy. jak
Jan 24, 2021 01:05:32 #
sudamar wrote:
Thanks. A rare shot, indeed.
Sudamar, thank you for viewing the photo and taking the time to comment. I appreciate it very much. Have a great new week and stay healthy. jak
Jan 24, 2021 10:31:38 #
Jan 24, 2021 10:33:24 #
Good for you, Jack...not often that one gets to document an unusual scene like this!! 
Jan 24, 2021 11:41:07 #
jederick wrote:
Good for you, Jack...not often that one gets to document an unusual scene like this!!
I live in Galveston, TX. A topic of conversation is the coyote cat catching and how the coyotes should come out on the bad end of the stick. Galveston has a law that says all pets need to be under the control of their owners and on leash if off the owner's property. We have a very transient population as medical students come and go. Many put off having children until they are more established so they get pets. And they don't keep these pets safe. It is easier to blame the coyotes rather than themselves. I appreciate the coyotes. We have a busy port and busy ports have rats. The coyotes do a good job keeping the rat population under control so our coyotes are healthy, too. Fun fact, our coyotes have a tiny bit of red wolf DNA and in my eyes, that makes them even more special.
I love this photo...
Jan 24, 2021 11:55:04 #
Lucky you and now lucky us! Great sighting and capture.
Jan 24, 2021 12:00:05 #
I love everything about this magnificent capture💕 The colors are absolutely perfect🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒
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