Was there a canine rave last night?

 
In the last 30 seconds I have seen, moving across my property from east to west, 10-15 yards behind the chicken coop:

1 LARGE brown lab
1 PAIR of coyotes

I have NEVER seen a pair of coyotes here before. Singletons, sure, but two?!?

Wow. Two close passes of major predators in 30 seconds.

Yikes!

Through subsequent discussions with friends, and the fact that they'd all come from the east, a neighborhood filled to the brim with dogs, I am now positing that they were returning home to crash after an all night canine rave.

Glad I was being a bit lazy today in getting the "girls" out into their chicken runs.

An added benefit to this episode, besides delight at seeing beaUtiful wildlife is that I'm all refreshed, now, having taken an impromptu jog after the coyotes to encourage them to move on through. I think they giggled as they VERY casually jogged back into the wildlands behind our house.

"Yeah, yeah, lady, we know. We're going..."

=)

biobabbler

what am I chasing?

I just ran after something (predator) and it occurred to me mid-stride that I didn't know what it was. Bobcat? Grey fox? Hmm.

It's an interesting feeling, this realization washing over the back of your brain, while you are chasing an unknown, wild creature into the woods, shovel in hand... =)

And who says the sticks are dull?