I headed out early this morning to start the first of my two weekly bird surveys. First up was a trip around the wildlife drive on the Lower Klamath NWR. I took along my cameras, of course, and an extra one. I had borrowed the refuge’s camera with the 600mm lens to give it a try. What a treat to have a lens that powerful! Needless to say, I took hundreds of photos that will take me some time to process. So, tonight I’ll just show you some pics of an encounter that I had at the beginning of my route.
As I started down the auto tour route, I noticed that there was a lot of smoke in the air, and something in the middle of the road. Looked like a young coyote to me, so I stopped the truck, turned off the engine, and just enjoyed the moments.
She got up, but couldn’t decide what to do.
First, she went to the left side of the road.
“Maybe I should run and hide.”
“No, I think I’ll lie down on the other side of the road.”
“If I look the other way, she won’t see me.”
Then she ran down the embankment, but still had to check on me. “Are you still there?”
Back up again, muddy paws and all. Eventually, she got tired of me being there and wandered off into the brush on the other side. I headed on my way, but a look in the rearview mirror showed me that as soon as I left, she came up once again to sit in the middle of the road. Must be a favorite sunning spot for her. (I just used my camera for these shots. That 600mm lens weighs a ton, and hand holding it for shots through the windshield wasn’t an option.)
I did get some nice pictures later with the borrowed camera, but ran into that minor disaster during uploading them to my computer. Half of them disappeared, and I’ve got a help call out to Rick. Hopefully he can help me recover them. I’m sure I clicked the wrong button somewhere along the line on the computer. Uf-dah!
THE END!!
Thanks for stopping by… talk to you later, Judy
Try using your bird spotting scope tripod. That's a monster lens!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute little coyote..Wow we're keeping Rick busy today. I stumped him with my issue. Hope he can get your pictures back.
ReplyDeleteNot completely stumped yet, Betty. Give me a shout as I have a 'new, improved idea' to try with Picasa!
DeleteNice shots today, hope you get your pictures back.
ReplyDeleteThat is what you call...Stopping to Smell the Roses! Memories for a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteGlad you got the coyote. I did the same thing with the pictures from a weekend kayak trip to Matagorda Island, off the Texas coast. One of the guys had set his kayak on a tiny sand mound. A big cloud came up and formed the background. I usually NEVER remove my pictures from my camera until I'm sure I have them on my computer, but that night I didn't check and lost ALL my pictures. I quickly bought a recovery software program for $50 and ended up using it that one time. And I recovered all the pictures I remembered EXCEPT for that one of the kayak against the cloud. Hope you fix the problem more completely and cheaper.
ReplyDeleteOh dear--hope Rick can rescue them!
ReplyDeleteCute little critter.... As for the photos... hope you recover them and all is well.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures, how cute that little coyote is. Fingers crossed that Rick will once again work a miracle for you!
ReplyDeleteThe photos of the coyote are the most amazing sequence I've ever seen. She might have been cautious of you, but I think she knew you are o.k. I wonder if she came all the way from where the smoke was.
ReplyDeleteBeen waiting for some great photos from you, Judy, how great that they are of a coyote...just for kyotesue!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of that youngster! The Refuge Camera may be shooting in RAW...never can tell:)
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Oh Judy what wonderful pictures of that cute pup. My bears don't stand still long enough for pictures like those. What a great day, whether you get the other pictures or not.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, hope you get the rest back:)
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures as usual, electronics will be the death of us for sure.
ReplyDeleteThe little coyote is so cute. Nothing worse than loosing your pictures, happened to me back in July lost some great shots and never did recover them.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of the young coyote.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and a different subject for you. Looks pretty healthy for a coyote.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fun coyote encounter. I hope that you get your computer issues straightened out ok!
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