WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WILD? Relationships are always expressed in our behaviors….and so our lives can be filled with rich, life enhancing relationships, or they can be filled with emptiness expressed in hatred and violence to other life. As a biologist, I seek to share life enhancing relationships between our humanity and our…
DetailsCOYOTE ~ SURVIVING IN THE COLD OF WINTER Thoughts as you take in this image…. Coyote ~ they hold the answers to questions we have not even learned to ask … Coyote ~ they are teaching us to make discoveries about ourselves… Do we understand our true role on the Earth…if not, how can we…
DetailsCOYOTE ~ THE SURVIVOR This poignant scene by photographer Jerry Mercier opens a window of survival for us humans to look into. Here Coyote is striving to take some minimal nourishment from the frozen leg bone of a deer….the flesh long since gone from it. In Winter, carnivores starve to death ….and only…
DetailsWINTER IS HERE ….SNOW AND ICE AND WIND AND COLD…and Sunshine! We have had our share of ICE this winter already… and with it comes a different kind of WALKING…YES? Our gaze tends to be looking down to where we will be taking the next step. But I was out hiking the other day, and I…
DetailsKiller Whales and Coyote…..? Yes…..they have much in common! So to start….I invite you to watch the new film that came out in 2013 called Blackfish. It is a documentary regarding the cruel capture and life of misery that baby orcas experience. Why? These amazing beings, who are highly social, have a capacity…
DetailsToday, the first real Snow blankets Maine…. and today, world leaders and the people of South Africa honor the Life of Nelson Mandela… It is really about celebrating his Courage to speak for his people and his race and his culture…. But is also about celebrating our diversity and honoring it. There are also those whom most…
DetailsOne of our farmers in Maine shared with me a while back, that before the Coyotes expanded their range into Maine, he could not keep the deer our of his garden….suffering economic loss year after year. But after the Coyotes arrived on his farm, the deer did not “hang around” and eat up all his vegetables. Instead…
DetailsHere is one of our Maine Coyotes….going about her important work in this ecosystem of one of our Maine landowners. Our coyotes can have large territories, but within their territories are what is called their core areas, the places where they spend most of their time. So too, our urban coyotes in our cities in…
DetailsCOEXISTENCE SKILLS~ Note the Coyote Pups easily coexisting in our World Following a Coyote presentation I gave in one of our communities here in Maine, a man who attended, requested that I come back to their community…and give a presentation focusing on coexistence skills. And so I thought, how can I bring this to the…
DetailsWHO IS THE REAL MAINE HUNTER…..? Well for one…this photo here shows you the real Maine Hunter… Nature has equipped Coyote with all she requires to do her work as an effective hunter of her wild prey … But Coyote is joined by other Real Maine hunters as well…I have spoken to a few…
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