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At dusk Dad, Mom and a youngster showed at their usual gathering place. There may have been a fourth, another youngster. Mom and Dad, one youngster hanging with them, did seem to be watching for another. They were relaxed and didn’t seem to be on alert for intruder coyotes. Of course they were aware of me although neither Mom nor Dad seemed concerned enough to chase us off. The light soon became too dim to keep track of their positions. As I watched them my dog alerted. I noticed a coyote coming in our direction. It came towards us on a dirt road that runs up to the fence that runs along the riverbed where I stood. I moved closer to get a picture of the approaching coyote and thought that it had to be Dad. It wasn’t Dad. It wasn’t Mom. It was the youngster who for the first time took on the duty of challenging my dog and me. Bold as that behavior was, it came only half way down the road, perhaps stopping short because it knew it had been spotted. Nevertheless it didn’t immediately withdraw. It stood some, ambled around sniffing, stood some more and then trotted back towards its parents. Not a bad performance for its first attempt at confronting us.
Posting written by Charles Wood. Visit Charles Wood’s website for these and more coyote photos: Charles Wood. His work is copyrighted and may only be used with his explicit permission.
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