http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/comment-page-1/#comment-28191 burning silo Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:50:42 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/#comment-28191 Duncan - Glad you installed the Quicktime as you may enjoy watching some of the Mudpuppy salamander clips that I've just posted this morning! Duncan – Glad you installed the Quicktime as you may enjoy watching some of the Mudpuppy salamander clips that I’ve just posted this morning!

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/comment-page-1/#comment-28114 Duncan Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:44:26 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/#comment-28114 Installed Quicktime today and checked out your clips Bev, good ones, keep'em coming! Installed Quicktime today and checked out your clips Bev, good ones, keep’em coming!

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/comment-page-1/#comment-28056 burning silo Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:38:39 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/#comment-28056 robin - Rapid drops in temperature are fairly normal for here. We're in a region that seems to sit on the edge of different weather systems, so we can have mild day above freezing, and then see the temperature dive 20 or even 30 degrees F. in hours. That's one of the things that makes it a bit treacherous as far as doing things outdoors. It may seem nice when you leave home, but then you hike half way around a lake and it starts getting cold fast. We tend to pay a lot of attention to the forecasts when we're taking off to go hiking or snowshoeing! - Cathy - That's too bad the movie wouldn't play! I saved it to .mpeg format as that usually works for everyone. Well, take my word for it -- it wasn't that great anyhow! Sounds like you'll get to hear your own crunchy snow pretty soon. (-: - Pamela - Yes, very hard to get good prints with the snow as it is right now. From what I've seen around here, the coyote tend to stick to the trails and walk along the same paths we do unless they are moving from one area to another. I guess it saves on energy. Unfortunately, it makes for muddled looking prints. The fox seem to wander on unbroken snow much more, which is usually just what I see them doing when I catch sight of them. They're usually checking underneath all of the spruce trees in the yard, probably to see if there might be a rabbit hidden away beneath the branches. It's sometimes fun to follow fox tracks to see just where they've been. They certainly do a lot of snooping around! robin – Rapid drops in temperature are fairly normal for here. We’re in a region that seems to sit on the edge of different weather systems, so we can have mild day above freezing, and then see the temperature dive 20 or even 30 degrees F. in hours. That’s one of the things that makes it a bit treacherous as far as doing things outdoors. It may seem nice when you leave home, but then you hike half way around a lake and it starts getting cold fast. We tend to pay a lot of attention to the forecasts when we’re taking off to go hiking or snowshoeing!
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Cathy – That’s too bad the movie wouldn’t play! I saved it to .mpeg format as that usually works for everyone. Well, take my word for it — it wasn’t that great anyhow! Sounds like you’ll get to hear your own crunchy snow pretty soon. (-:
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Pamela – Yes, very hard to get good prints with the snow as it is right now. From what I’ve seen around here, the coyote tend to stick to the trails and walk along the same paths we do unless they are moving from one area to another. I guess it saves on energy. Unfortunately, it makes for muddled looking prints. The fox seem to wander on unbroken snow much more, which is usually just what I see them doing when I catch sight of them. They’re usually checking underneath all of the spruce trees in the yard, probably to see if there might be a rabbit hidden away beneath the branches. It’s sometimes fun to follow fox tracks to see just where they’ve been. They certainly do a lot of snooping around!

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/comment-page-1/#comment-28048 Pamela Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:53:24 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/cold-days-coyote/#comment-28048 Nice print, Bev. It is hard to find good ones under our current conditions. We've had canids all around the yard and right up to the house the last few nights, as well as at least one domestic cat, but most of the tracks are merely suggestive. I think most of the canid tracks are fox (and the one scat I've found looks foxy to me), but some may be coyote too. The coyotes are certainly around and plenty vocal lately here too. Nice print, Bev. It is hard to find good ones under our current conditions. We’ve had canids all around the yard and right up to the house the last few nights, as well as at least one domestic cat, but most of the tracks are merely suggestive. I think most of the canid tracks are fox (and the one scat I’ve found looks foxy to me), but some may be coyote too. The coyotes are certainly around and plenty vocal lately here too.

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