BIG Owl on my Trail

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote with Squirrel on Thoroughbred Trail 05/16/24



At least it looks a lot like a ground squirrel, based on the tail.



This is at 1/120th shutter speed. I'm going to crank it down to 1/250th and see if that improves things.

 

[TheWaterbug]

This is at 1/120th shutter speed. I'm going to crank it down to 1/250th and see if that improves things.

Here's 1/250th. Noticeably less blur in the coyote, at the expense of significant noise in the background. Look at the wood pile and fencepost.



I'm guessing 1/500th would be unacceptably noisy, but I'll try that tonight, for science,.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Loud Coyote Puppies on Thoroughbred Trail, 05/20/24



I think the smallest of the first group of 3 is a yearling, and not this season's pup, but I'm not 100% certain.

But we've got 5 healthy pups, for sure.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote Pup on Eastvale, 05/27/24



Pup on the loose! I've never seen a coyote this young out on the street before. They usually stick to the trails.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote Plays with Rat, 06/16/24



And after all that, he doesn't even eat it. ‍

 

[TheWaterbug]

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote Family of 8 on Thoroughbred Trail, 06/19/24



Looks like 2 parents, 1 yearling, and the 5 pups that we first saw on 05/20/24.

 

[Parley]

I bet there are not too many stray cats in your neighborhood.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote Family of 8 on Thoroughbred Trail, 07/06/24



It looks like two parents, a yearling, and 5 pups, though it's getting hard to tell because the pups are so big now!

They go up the trail and come back down a few hours later.

This was preceded by the Coyote Cacophony, a few minutes earlier:

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote Cacophony, 07/06/24



Nothing to see here, but lots to hear here! Volume UP!

A few minutes later the entire family of 8 ran by.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Hurricane Coyote, 07/09/24



How many coyotes do you count? Hard to tell with them swirling around like a hurricane. The group makes 3 passes across the cameras.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote with Prey, Thoroughbred Trail, 07/11/24



It might be a cat, but it looks more like a raccoon. It also looks too big to be cat. Raccoons are fierce! I'm surprised that a coyote was able to catch one.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Tail-less Raccon on Thoroughbred Trail, 07/15/24



Two chonky raccoons strolling by. The second one seems to have lost its tail, possibly to a coyote. But it doesn't seem to bother them.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote with Rabbit, Thoroughbred Trail, 07/16/24



Another coyote with prey. This time I'm pretty sure it's a rabbit, based on the ears.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote with Prey, Thoroughbred Trail, 07/27/24, 1

The ears and long legs look like a rabbit, to me.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote with Prey, Thoroughbred Trail, 07/27/24, 2

The tail on this one looks like a raccoon, but a small one.

 

[tangent]

The tail on this one looks like a raccoon, but a small one.

It might be a ringtail.

 

[TheWaterbug]

It might be a ringtail.

It does look like it, doesn’t it? But I live in suburban Los Angeles, and I’ve never heard of a ringtail being seen here.

Doesn’t mean it can’t happen, though.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Coyote Family of 5 on Thoroughbred Trail, 09/18/24



I see them run by in 1s and 2s literally every night, but I haven't seen them together like this in a few months. I see at least 5 distinct coyotes, but there might be 6. Hard to tell with them whirling around so much. This was over a 2.5 minute period, with the dead time edited out, so watch the timestamps.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Middle Coyote Missing Tail, 09/27/24



Three coyotes go by, and the middle one appears to have lost most of its tail. I cut out 18 seconds of dead air between the first and second coyote, but there was no edit between 2 and 3, so they're definitely all traveling together.

We saw the family of 5 just a few days ago ^^

and three of them appeared to be adults (contrary opinions welcome!), so this may have been a recent injury.