Don’t let the photo fool you, I found this wandering coyote in a much more urban environment than it looks like. On my way home later afternoon yesterday by Hwy 7 & 427 I happened to notice in the corner of my eye something moving. When I stopped I was surprised to find a very healthy looking coyote staring back at me. Given that there has been so much development lately in the area with the new Vaughn Industrial park, new commercial building at Hwy 50 & 7 and new subdivisions going in on Hwy 50 just a little north I didn’t expect to see a coyote wandering around so freely in an area that is starting to become a lot busier. This was the first time I had gotten a good close up look of one in a long time, he appeared much more healthy looking than then ones I see near my house up further north in Caledon, I guess there is more urban garbage to feed on. Photo was taken with my 70-300mm zoom lens and the lighting was only slightly adjusted in Photoshop, click on the above photo for a larger image.

My fiance just happened to notice this coyote out of the corner of her eye this morning as we looked out into the back field behind our house. Up until now we have heard them at night from time to time howling so we knew they came close sometimes but haven’t actually seen back there until today. The coyote was following the same path i that field that the deer usually follow in the summer time. It was suggested to me that it might actually be a wolf, looking at pictures on Google Images still makes it hard to tell as they both do look pretty similar but I think it is a coyote. The photo was taken around 8:00am this morning, it was cloudy with snow flurries starting so the picture isn’t the most crisp but not bad considering, only a minor touch up in photoshop to adjust the contrast. Click on the above image for a larger picture or the cropped photo to the left for a close up.