The Dog Days of Winter

Back in September 2015, I wrote a post about the "dog days of summer," playing with the expression to showcase a pair of juvenile coyotes and how dog-like they act.

Well, this past winter I had another hilarious reminder of coyote canid characteristics. But this time at a trail cam that was set in the White Mountains, at just over 10,200 feet in elevation.

November 28th 2016, 5:20pm: a serene evening scene, with "winterized" coyote:



Then, on February 2nd at 3:24pm, after the trail cam spent most of January buried in snow...







That's one of the rubber-coated twist-ties I used to anchor the post and trail cam to a clump of sagebrush it was tucked in.



















And finally, after 36 minutes of fun...



Appears this character prefers portraits over landscapes.

Dogs.

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References:

• Nature of a Man (this blog) - The Dog Days
• Nature of a Man (this blog) - Smile! You're on Candid Canid
• Nature of a Man (this blog) - Song Dogs of the Santa Cruz Mtns
• Nature of a Man (this blog) - Coyote Cute

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