Miss 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…
DetailsReflecting on how we do Things…
A 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…
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This 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…
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Much 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…
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DO 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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THE BEST COYOTE HABITAT RESIDES IN THE HUMAN HEART ~ YOU HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE SPACE FOR THEM TO LIVE ……HOW MUCH OF THAT SPACE RESIDES IN THE CREVICES OF YOUR HUMANITY? The following are the words artist Linda Murray wrote regarding this art piece create by her ~ “Coyote spirit speaks of how…
DetailsCoyotes Miss Nothing in their Territory!
COYOTES MISS NOTHING! They like to stand in high places in order to take in the goings on in their territory…..as you see in this photo by Jan Myers. And so when you are a farmer in Maine raising livestock, and your farm is part of Coyote’s territory, know that Coyote knows everything that is going…
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Coyote Mates ~ they mate for life….until death do they part… And too often here in Maine, death comes long before they have the opportunity to grow old together. And why? …..Because our laws do not protect this important carnivore from violent human behavior. And as each legislative session meets in Augusta, a violent, small…
DetailsWe have Choices
We have choices …..What would be yours? I want to share with you the article below that speaks of a tragic incident that happened a week ago in a town of our northern neighbor, Canada. Do you know and respect the lives of these wild ones who share our land with us? How different our…
DetailsCoyote ~ the Teacher
In our Native American myths, Coyote was the teacher….the teacher of how to live respectfully in the community, and how to treat all life on the earth. And so today Coyote continues to be the teacher …teaching us how to live on this earth home. You and I are born into a society in which…
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