sandhill + coyote

dbaker1221

while out shooting little birds last weekend & spied some sandhills that must be flocking up for the trip south. I was pretty far away when I saw them.

suddenly they started "running" to a different part of the field:scratch then I saw why


I tried to move down & closer for better shots , plus the sun direction was not helping.:dunno I was not very stealthy & it picked me up & got scared :bash I never did get very close.

I snapped a few not so great shots.






it was pretty cool even if the pics are not great. I went from never seeing one in the wild to seeing them twice in a month & a half.

I counted about 26 sandhills , & another 75 or so 2 fields over.

jdmphoto

Nice photo's, I really like the last one.

dbaker1221

jdmphoto wrote:

Nice photo's, I really like the last one.

thanks

BigAl

Nice story pics Bet that ol' coyote was looking at one of those cranes for supper.

dbaker1221

BigAl wrote:

Nice story pics Bet that ol' coyote was looking at one of those cranes for supper.

thanks Al....he seemed to just be going through the field with them in it, but where he was heading had alot of geese & ducks . so

raptorcaptor

Nice set Dave! Its always fun to see the larger critters!

jwear

he /she looks like it could miss a meal or 2 almost

Ric Grupe

I think the coyote knows he has no chance with the adult cranes. He'd rather rob a nest.

Tough conditions for a good shot.....I know. I had similar conditions when I was up at Devils Lake around the 4th of July. I threw them all away. :cry

Great experience though.

riddim_maker

Sometimes the content and opportunity overrides all the rules as in this case
great subjects, content and capture Dave