Hi Janet,
July update on Kinky and her family. She and her mate have moved the litter to this area. From the fence to the hills is the summer rendezvous. And it’s perfect for growing coyote to learn Landspeak.
Landspeak is what anyone who lives or spends long periods of time out here…learn to do. Animals do it automatically. But it’s possible for humans too. If you stay quiet and learn to listen and feel the land..it speaks.
So what did this land tell Kinky???
Well…she knows it. She feels good about it. And it serves her needs and instincts. Everything says..BRING PUPS HERE.
Ironically, it’s not an easy spot. Wolves travel thru here regularly, following the ever moving elk. It has humans that are not friends that pass occasionally. But…its dry hills hold a lot of hiding spots and lots of voles on eastern hillsides. There is a forested hill for the scorching afternoon. And it’s a land of choices. There is heavy cover to hide. Open ground to outrun enemies. There is a river in the ravines below. Riverbank are another wonderful place for pups.
So Landspeak here says this is where pups learn to become the coyote that survives here. This land is a good place to maximize the odds of litter survival. Voles, wild plum tree, berries, open land, deep woods, river and more.
It’s been noted these pups are very large and maybe are ahead developmentally. The dead cow of early spring and several road killed deer likely were part of that. They were literally fat pups. But now it’s vole and ground squirrel and berries. The pups are learning to hunt in earnest for vole.
One small female pup…hunts vole very well. She is serious about her hunt and quickly scoots for bushes etc to eat her meal. She’s def the best hunter thus far.
Landspeak says in this space the litter is poised to spend the fast summer and grow quick. I wish them lots of lessons and good growth.
Lou
Thank you, Lou! It’s too bad we humans — for the most part, though this is changing — stopped listening to the land long ago. Humans have not been so interested in being part of it as much as wanting to conquer and dominate and subjugate it to our own desires. I hope your post opens people’s mind to the fantastic symbiosis (not sure that’s the right word) of a species with its environment, as you describe it, through Landspeak.
Janet
Yes … as individuals, collectively and as a species … humans have literally lost touch with earth. It’s our bane. I’m not without hope. But I think mankind is in for some major shocks from earth in future.
It would not suprise me that coyote survive us and see us humbled by our own behaviors in regards Landspeak.
But in meantime … Kinky isn’t bothered by such thoughts. Too busy surviving and feeding pups. Lol.
Lou
