Yesterday I noticed all my indoor cats were staring out the sliding glass door into the backyard, totally engrossed on something out there. I thought maybe one of my neighbor’s danged dogs had gotten out again (they aren’t very good about keeping them home and they are BIG dogs that terrorize my seven year old son). When I went to look out the door, I did see what had kept them so amazed….
There was a full grown coyote lazing about and sunning himself in the grass, maybe twenty feet away from my back door. He was completely unbothered by the audience. I watched him for a moment then went to get my camera but when he saw me at the door, he ran for the woods.
Today he was in the yard again, though further away, and this time I got a few pictures of him. Bear in mind these were taken at a decent distance, through a dirty sliding glass door and then cropped. Still, you can tell it’s Coyote and NOT a dog.
I can’t help wondering, when he stopped twice to turn and look straight at me, just what he was trying to tell me. Usually an appearance of Coyote is a sign of change and of lots of creativity. Here’s hoping and I hope it’s change for the good.
(NOTE: my cats are indoor ONLY cats but we do caretake a feral cat colony. Unfortunately there’s not much I can do about that but they are all pretty smart and coyote savvy and have a lot of hiding places Mr. Coyote can’t fit into.)
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HA…yep, he tiptoes in and then makes himself at home. Gorgeous pics, but not too safe for da kitties.
by Yasmine February 19th, 2009 at 7:17 pm