Sharing A Peaceful Moment

28 Jul 2010 Leave a comment

by yipps:janetkessler in coyote behavior

On one of my walks recently, I saw this coyote trotting down a trail: the trotting gait involved a small amount of calm swaying which made it look gentle — a gentle trot. I continued my walk, and then came upon this charming scene: the same coyote had settled down to relax beside a path, where it was happily observing a gardener tending some vegetation in the distance. The moment was a peaceful one, shared by observer (me), observer and observed (coyote) and observed (gardener). The three of us have come upon each other a number of times, but this was a particularly nice configuration to post. This situation remained in place for about 20 minutes.

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About My Site and Me: This website reflects my almost 20 years of intense, careful, and dedicated field-work — empirical observations — all photo-documented without interfering or changing coyotes’ behaviors. Be welcome here, enjoy, and learn! I am a self-taught naturalist and independent coyote researcher.

Coyotes reappeared in San Francisco in 2002 after many years of absence, and people are still in the dark about them. This site is to help bring light to their behavior and offer simple guidelines for easy coexistence.

My information comes from my own first-hand observations of our very own coyotes here in San Francisco. What I’m presenting to you is the reality of their everyday individual lives. They have not been studied or observed so thoroughly by anyone else. Mine is not generic information, nor second-hand.

Note that none of the coyotes I document and photograph is “anonymous” to me: I know (or knew) each one of them, and can tell you about their personalities, histories, and their family situations. There have been over 100 of them, distributed among over twenty families, all in San Francisco. Images and true stories have the power to raise awareness and change perspective.

Contact: Janet@coyoteyipps.com

© All information and photos in my postings come from my own original and first-hand documentation work which I am happy to share, with permission and with properly displayed credit: ©janetkessler/coyoteyipps.com.

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