Coyote Yipps

Kinky Tail’s ongoing saga continues! Her story has been followed by Lou since she was born, and posted on this blog, all of which can be accessed by typing *Kinky* into the search box.

Hello Janet,

We are well into the explosions of spring, and pup season. Kinky Tail, who is well known to us, had her pups initially in an abandoned collapsed barn.

She has moved her pups at least 3 times, and is now on crest of a high hill.

She, her mate and year-long son helped move NINE pups. 9. 

It’s hard to imagine such a tiny body housing 9 pups. Kinky Tail is very petite. I don’t think she has ever reached 30lbs.

Her observers have noted…the litter are also all tiny in size. Hence the Litter name Pip Squeaks. 

Also..each move was to an abandoned barn. Kinky this year preferred empty buildings in the early stages.

Her move to high hillside gives her every advantage. She and her fam can see hear and smell for miles. The foothills contains tiny springs. Seeps of life come dry season. The open foothills contain thousands of voles and gophers. And soon untold grasshoppers and berries. 

Her scene to the east is where Cascade begins and merge with foothills. The local pack of wolves leave these cascades to follow elk and deer into foothills. 

It was these territorial forays that wiped out her early family pack and we suspect multiple coyote. 

So in response..it seems..Kinky tail is adding empty barns and high hill areas to raise her pups. She has sanctuary here. The owners allow no coyote hunting or trapping. Her lineage to this land goes back generations. She has always known of patrolling wolf pack’s coming thru. 

Biologically and Behaviorally her response to her life would be….

• Utilise The Areas Wolves Don’t.
• Like Empty Barns.
• Keep Moving and Use Hills.
• Have a big litter of pip squeaks.
• Zig Zag all over and never be predictable.

Kinky Tail, Tired Mate, and Yearling Son are doing very well with 9 very tiny but chubby pip squeaks.

Lou