The coyote is one of the success stories with all the urban centres, development and more across the continent. They are making a living in the largest cities to small towns and of course here in Banff. In some places coyote-wolf hybrid has been seen. But here in Banff coyote is a coyote. Many times the coyote has been mistaken for a wolf and the number of times visitors have shown me a picture of what they think is a wolf. After looking at the image I end up saying, “very sorry, but that’s a beautiful picture of a coyote”. Most will believe me and see why it’s a coyote, but there are always a few who will not. Then I end with, “thank you for showing me the picture”.
This coyote was near the road and I was watching it in my car. Just ten minutes before it was successful locating food in the snow. Here it’s moving its head to the side to listen for the possibility of more food under the snow. I had my engine off so as to not to create any competing noise. In the end there was no pouncing I was hoping for, it went one way and I the other.
