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Coyote Two Step!

October, 2007 Now I have really become enamored of the antics of coyotes. Living in the Sonoran Desert in Tucson, Arizona I get to see these guys all the time. They prowl my neighborhood looking for unsuspecting pets, they howl at the moon at night, and they even have the temerity to cross the road right in front of me whenever they please. Of course I never seem to have a camera ready to go to capture these events! Here in Yellowstone National Park the first snows have come. The weather is turning frigid in the mornings. The foliage has all turned golden brown, and the coyotes are out in force looking and listening for small rodents in the tall grasses. With total concentration this coyote leaps high into the air expecting to land on its prey for an easy meal, but... there is nobody underfoot at the end of the first jump so with ears cocked forward the coyote immediately is airborne again! Totally intent on its prey, oblivious to me, but the second jump yields nothing as well... So much energy spent without success. Guess that's the way the (coyote) bounces!

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posted by Wildlife Images at 12:35 AM 


I specialize in intimate portraits of marine animals. I have traveled the oceans of the world in search of what I believe are the world's most magnificent beings. Since 1990 all of my underwater images have been created while free-diving, without the aid of bulky Scuba equipment. As a result, I believe my encounters with these magnificent ocean creatures are much more personal and intimate. I currently "migrate" with the whales, spending my winters in the warmer tropical latitudes where whales mate and give birth and my summers in the cooler higher latitudes where animals migrate to feed. I insist on only photographing wild animals in their natural habitat, believing that there is no place in wildlife photography for captive or trained animals. All images on this website are of wild animals in their natural environments. In 2004 I started to capture images with a Canon digital camera system. Please be assured that I still insist on no digital alterations or manipulations to substantially alter these images. The images you see are the animals as they truly are, whether captured on film or on a compact flash card, in all their wild and natural beauty. Visit WildlifeImages.net.

