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Buchfink
by aptyche

Buchfink

by aptyche

A Canon EOS R8 — 1/1250s ƒ/8 ISO 2000 at 400 mm

N 105 B 984 C 50 E Apr 10, 2024 F Apr 14, 2024

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Lone Coyote on the Flat
by tpeakphotos

Lone Coyote on the Flat

by tpeakphotos

A Canon EOS R7 — 1/800s ƒ/8 ISO 100 at 400 mm

N 149 B 3.2K C 28 E Apr 18, 2024 F Apr 22, 2024

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Mid morning on a clear April day I was driving on State Route 44 in Lassen County California when I spotted this coyote cross the road and run into an open meadow in an area I call the Bogard Flats. This area is at nearly 6000 feet in elevation so snow lingers there often until May or even early June and night time temps can still get well below freezing. Therefore, the coyotes stay pretty fluffy pretty late into the season. This animal is obviously very young (you can tell by how close together the ears are), and most likely a solitary male. At this age, they aren’t exactly wily (or Wile-E for that matter) and can frankly be pretty dumb. Indeed, when this one crossed the road he came fairly close to being hit by a big rig going the other way. However, his lack of skittishness that an older animal would have likely had allowed me to grab a shot from my big mobile photo blind, aka Ram 1500 pickup, from the roadside.

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