There it is again — a set of tracks which are clearly coyote — but slightly off. I know from camera traps that the smaller of a pair coyotes in the area has recently injured a hind leg. These tracks confirm she is still injured. Rather than the straight, narrow, and perfectly regular overstep trail of her mate, these tracks come down with a staccato burst of three feet, protecting a 4th leg, whose paw never touches the ground.
Continue reading →Acoustic loggers are like camera traps, but record only high definition sound. Example of coyote howling, bat feeding buzz and instructions for configuring AudioMoth acoustic logger and processing files.
Continue reading →Coat color varies more in the gray wolf (Canis lupus) than in most other mammals, and some variations relate to camouflage. For example, the white coat of the Arctic wolf allows it to blend better with the snow and ice, … Continue reading →
Video montage of my favorite trail camera video clips and photos from late 2015 through 2018.
Continue reading →Strictly speaking, a coyote rendezvous site refers to an above ground home site that a family uses in summer or fall, when the pups are too big and too active for a den, but not yet old enough to accompany … Continue reading →
Tracking wolves in Wisconsin this past July was a particularly exciting experience, perhaps because we don’t have wolves here in New England. Or do we? Midwestern wolves and New England coyotes have something in common, and it’s not just that … Continue reading →
