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Give coyotes some love

January 4, 2018 Written by Marty Essen
Give coyotes some love

Marty’s photo of the day #2415: I’ve never understood why so many people hate coyotes. They’re beautiful, valuable animals. It’s the people who poison and trap these creatures that do the real damage.

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Paddy Flat Cabin

July 18, 2017 Written by Marty Essen
Paddy Flat Cabin

Marty’s photo of the day #2249: Other than the X, Blondie, and Garbage concert, the other half of Deb’s and my weekend was a stay at the Paddy Flat Forest Service Cabin (2 hours north of Boise). This cabin was a converted guard station, with a history going back to the 1920s. Most of the […]

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The vultures get you in the end

May 15, 2017 Written by Marty Essen
The vultures get you in the end

Marty’s photo of the day #2186: Back on March 11 and March 12, I posted two photos from my motion-sensing camera: one of a coyote, and one of a fox. Both were checking out a dead deer that was two hundred feet below my house. I thought for sure that I would soon get photos […]

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Fox and deer

March 13, 2017 Written by Marty Essen
Fox and deer

Marty’s photo of the day #2123: As mentioned yesterday, Deb and I were out hiking in our backyard (we have a very big backyard), when I found a dead deer. The deer was frozen solid, so I moved it to an open spot in the forest and set up my motion-sensing camera. Initially the action […]

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Coyote and deer

March 12, 2017 Written by Marty Essen
Coyote and deer

Marty’s photo of the day #2122: I think I’m going to have some impressive, albeit gross, photos to show you over the next few weeks. About a month ago, Deb and I were out hiking in our backyard (we have a very big backyard), when I found a dead deer that I’m pretty sure a […]

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Coyote Crossing

September 29, 2016 Written by Marty Essen
Coyote Crossing

Marty’s photo of the day #1924: I am posting from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, on my way to Chicago. Today’s photo is of a coyote, carrying a treasure to her den.   (Photographed this past August on Antelope Island)

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Dinner for coyotes

September 1, 2016 Written by Marty Essen
Dinner for coyotes

Marty’s photo of the day #1896: One of my favorite moments, from last Sunday, happened shortly after Deb and I arrived on Antelope Island. Deb spotted something moving far in the distance, and I followed it through my camera’s telephoto lens. We quickly figured out it was a coyote, but her head look deformed. The […]

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