125. Tahoe Coyotes

Yesterday on a walk near Lake Tahoe (around where Alpine Meadows meets the Granite Chief Wilderness), I came across two coyotes. I saw the first about 100 meters away, trotting over the granite. Without much evidence, I’ll describe her as a female (see the notes). She paused to look at me…

.. and moved on, threading in and out of bushy areas and gullies.

Here is the scene – this is the first photo again, without cropping in so much.

The coyote is lower right.

Then I saw, some way behind her, ...