SPRING IS HERE! AND SO IS THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE EVER SO NOTICEABLE……..Out come the black flies, out come the ticks, and out come the many, many rodents who pro-create in great numbers! IN COMES COYOTE! ……VERY BUSY WITH RODENT PATROL as you can see in the beautiful art piece created by Maine artist,…
DetailsWhat is the Coyote in this photo feeling….does she feel…..does she feel like us….? From time to time in my work as a biologist, certain members of the community have some difficulty accepting the reality that Coyotes share with us the common journey through life on this planet….that they experience the pain, grief, loss, suffering…
DetailsThis poignant watercolor by Maine artist, Kathleen Fox was inspired by her own personal experience of catching sight of a starving small Coyote pup alone in the forest at night. And why was this small Coyote pup there alone without the protection of his parents…..his parents were killed at a time in the pup’s life…
DetailsSongs my Mother taught me by Anton Dvorsak I am attaching a link here with this beautiful, stirring gypsy music of this great composer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOm6MW-U170 Note: the language on the screen is very different…it is not English But we all understand the Music Coyote parents teach their tiny pups to make music also Their language is different from…
DetailsI’m a Coyote Pup….I’m lucky because I have very caring protective parents. So Spring has arrived….and how we welcome it here in Maine. It is the time of rebirth and new birth…the time when tiny coyote pups are born. So when you are out in nature be aware of this special time for them…..especially if…
DetailsMiss Raven Meets Her Wild Soul by Judith Mitchell Oil on Canvas One warm, full-moon, summer night about 3 a.m., my black dog Raven awakened me with a “whuff”. She was staring intently out the bedroom window, and I arose quietly and looked out, too. On the lawn down below, as pale as the moonlight…
DetailsA Healthy wild Coyote Family ….a rare sight. and should it be so rare? What kind of world do we want to hand down to our children? It should make us reflect on how we do things… And so, in the work I do as a biologist, I strive always to present to you…
DetailsThis beautiful art piece created by Maine’s legendary artist, Dahlov Ipcar, was inspired by a dream she had. She thought the whole experience to be quite magical. It expresses Coyote’s deeply social nature. And when these Coyote mates have their pups in the Spring of this year, the strong relationships that bond them to their pups will…
DetailsMuch research is being pursued on Coyote’s fellow carnivore, the Mountain Lion. If you go to my page on this website with Journal Article links, you can view a film detailing recent research on the affects of uncontrolled human killing of these great cats. One of the grave concerns of biologists, is the lack of GENETIC DIVERSITY that…
DetailsDO YOU SEE HER? LET ME TELL YOU HER STORY…. First, I call her Red, because she was a beautiful red Coyote….expressing her unique genetics in her color. The Maine resident that shared her story with me, owned a large parcel of land where Red was safe from human abuse….and where she witnessed her mousing…
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