canis latrans - coyote - Feb. 13, 2007
March 3rd, 2007
Canis latrans - Coyote
LOCATION: Canada: Ontario: City of Ottawa (formerly Osgoode Twsp): back of Wigney farm.
DATE: 13 February 2007 TIME: 950.
WEATHER: approx. -21C, sunny, light breeze.
HABITAT: Field of Salix and Meadowsweet brush;
CREATURE: Canis latrans (Coyote).
COUNT: One
LIFE_STAGE: Adult
HOW_CAUGHT: tracks, scat.
REMARKS: On a trail that we walk daily, fresh Coyote tracks were seen where we had walked less that 12 hours before. Several segments of scat deposited where the trail passes through a narrow spot between two small trees. Scat was quite large and almost entirely composed of coarse, beige-gray coloured hair that looked to be deer hair.
PHOTO FILE: http://magickcanoe.com/farm/coyote-scat-large.jpg
WRITTEN ACCOUNT: posted to the Eastern Ontario Natural History listserve on Feb. 24, 2007.
