At The Table In My Sunroom: Coyote

Monday, June 15, 2009

Coyote

Photo by Greg Cope (Flickr)

On our walk the other morning, I came across a fellow like the one above, a coyote. He or she was just trotting along, perpendicular to our path. It did not notice the dogs, and the dogs did not notice it. Then it noticed us, started off for a few yards, and then sat down to watch, just like above.

It can be such a startling, yet moving experience to see wildlife like that. We who live here know that coyotes live around here - a lot of animals live around here, and walk through our yards at night. Yet they are rarely seen. Mysterious, magical. But, this time, I got to see one.

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Cheryl CatoJune 15, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I always love to see wildlife unexpectedly. Sometimes it can be frightening, but usually it is just exciting & I feel grateful to be in the moment.
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DelwynJune 16, 2009 at 4:14 AM
Hi Jennifer

and he is a lovely animal...interesting the dogs did not pick up his scent...

we have wild dingos- (a dog) on the north shore which can be troublesome and attack and kill young children because their lives and feeding habits have been disrupted by man.

Are they sociable at all?

Happy Days
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Eleonora BaldwinJune 16, 2009 at 9:23 AM
I would be so excited to meet unexpected wildlife like that. Since I live in the city it NEVER HAPPENS.

It must convey such primordial feelings, reminding us of how we too are wild beings. A good memento...

Ciao,
Lola xx
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MeriJune 16, 2009 at 4:16 PM
There used to be coyotes howling at night where I live, as well as deer, but people are pushing them out.
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AnonymousJune 17, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Isn't nature wonderful. It is great when you can see them in their natural habitat. When I was in the city, I got to see a red fox one day running across the road. They were building some factories nearby and they had probably destroyed his home. It is sad to see these animals forced from thier homes. Where I live now there is still some natural habitat around where the deers roam free.
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LianneJune 17, 2009 at 4:02 PM
I'm fortunate that the city I live in still has an abundance of wild life, from coyotes, foxes, and rabbits to the occasional cougar and bear. The sad thing is that it is not always fortunate for the animals. It makes me sad how much of their space we have taken to build our cities. Beautiful creatures, all.
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Thanks for visiting. I love having you at my table with me.

A time has come in my life to reach into another place, to reach into a cobwebbed and stiff part of my brain - the creative part. And then, maybe to take what I find to hold it out to share. You see, I have never been creative (and am still not, you might say); I have experienced the world analytically. I now see there is so much more to the world than that.

This started with an idea to write a photo-journal to myself. In that journal, I would write and take photos of details to CONTEMPLATE the numerous sparkles of life I have around me, and CAPTURE them to last. So here I am, come join me....

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

"The Road Less Travelled" by Robert Frost

Monday, June 15, 2009

Coyote

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