Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted January 28, 2009 I received my Covert II trail cam recently from CWT.com (thank you, Amanda.) It is my first trail cam and I have just been goofing around with it around the house and neighborhood. My goal was to get some pics of the urban coyotes that hang out here in Tempe. I’ve seen a pair fairly often near the railroad tracks by my house and have seen them enough to know that they either live in the area or use the tracks regularly as a travel corridor. My first night’s pictures yielded only cottontail rabbit pics (which could also explain the area’s popularity with coyotes.) But, as I was there first thing in the morning to retrieve my cam (don’t want it gettin’ took) what do I see as soon as I get the contraption unhooked? You guessed it. A pair of coyotes. I put this down in the “Humans plan. Nature laughs.“ category of outdoor experiences. Anyway, I was bound and determined to get a coyote pic so I double-time it back to the vehicle and drive to try to get in front of them. The Covert II does not have a shutter button so the only thing I can do is bail out of the truck and hold the cam up where I think the yotes will run by. I knew this was a Hail Mary but it was my only shot. As you might expect, I got pics of barren landscape, some of the sky, some of the roof of the cab of my truck and one with half of my ugly mug in it. But I also got a very interesting pic which I will post here. Yes, canis latrans, the barking dog himself, the Trickster, Wile E. Coyote, if you will. Can you see it? Here you go (if I can post the pic right): Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted January 28, 2009 Left side just below the railroad tracks where the rocks hit the bushes, nice coyote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted January 28, 2009 Left side just below the railroad tracks where the rocks hit the bushes, nice coyote Got it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PFDmedic Report post Posted February 8, 2009 Cool pic, looking at the pic closer it looks like there might be another coyote in the pic besides the one on the left side. It looks like there is another dog right about in the middle of the picture, looks like he is running. I could be wrong it might just be a bush, but kinda looks a little different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted February 8, 2009 Cool pic, looking at the pic closer it looks like there might be another coyote in the pic besides the one on the left side. It looks like there is another dog right about in the middle of the picture, looks like he is running. I could be wrong it might just be a bush, but kinda looks a little different. Funny you should mention that. I noticed the same thing and, in fact, I was focusing on that before I saw the yote at the bottom left. I played my hand at CSI by enlarging the pic to try to make it out but ultimately couldn’t see it well enough to definitively call it either way (although I am leaning towards thinking it’s a bush.) I’ll try to get out there again in the morning light. If I do, I’ll let you know what I find. Interestingly, right behind the railroad tracks is a dog park filled with people sipping lattes as their Bischon Frises romp and play. I wonder how many of them know that just outside the chain link fence, nature’s timeless drama is playing out. The ultimate game of hide and seek. Find and evade. Obeying the law of tooth and claw. ( Okay, it’s official. I watch too many nature shows. ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted February 9, 2009 Ha ha those people prob have no clue. Last year at Greenfield and Brown we heard some squealling of my girfiends back yard. We went out in the backyard to find her chihauha in the mouth of a coyote on the top of a 8 foot block fence!!!! Those coyote are having a feast!!! 2 days later they got another one!!! ha ha,,,, didn't like those dogs anyways Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
