When birding in remote locations, be alert and aware of other potentially aggressive and dangerous wildlife, such as bears, moose, wolves, coyotes or mountain lions.
And all coyotes have brown eyes instead of blue; this is because Mr. Coyote was naughty when he took Mr. Snail's eyes.
The surprises that nature gave us were pleasant at first: watching a herd of deer move slowly up the hill;seeing an owl fly through a silent, snow-spangled night;listening to the coyotes bicker at ５a.m. I felt as though I had come to Eden.
The Defenders of Wildlife, a wolfish outfit, says coyotes kill 20 times more cattle than wolves do.
