coyote and weasel dancing

So about 5 minutes and a mile down the road from the elk shots seen here:
http://forums.photographyreview.com/...ad.php?t=67070

i drove upon this scene, right in front of a pull off with a few people in, including the pro photographer that i work with. they were all to interested in the wolves chasing off a grizz sow and cub about a mile away, not getting any photos of them. not sure if i over sharpened them, but i shot them in raw so i'll probably try to rework them again.


this was the second frame i shot in the sequence. i didn't realize it was playing with a weasel until i got home, just knew it was a small mammal.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...3662edit-1.jpg


http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...3663edit-1.jpg


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it then went down the hill pounced on something else and then moved in to the shadow of the hill i was standing on.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...3740edit-1.jpg

it walked along this stream for a bit....
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...3743edit-1.jpg


it then marked its territory and moved off out of sight.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...3756edit-1.jpg

That second shot is great! The look on the coyote's face is awesome!

wow that somthing you dont see everyday! It would have been hard for me pick between taking some video or the pictures, nice shots.

Rob

:thumbsup: wow that somthing you dont see everyday! It would have been hard for me pick between taking some video or the pictures, nice shots.

Rob

Excellent action shots. Thanks for sharing them.

Nice action sequence....thanks for sharing!

Nice work!

thanks for commenting everyone.

rob- its not even an option with out video on my camera.


i just wish i had a better high iso camera. i've needed it a bunch out here.

An event you won't soon forget...

The last photo made me giggle. Mean little coyote taking a #2. Hehehehehehehe

terrific series !!

Why on earth would it be throwing it up in the air ?

Great documentary of natural animal behavior!

Reminds me of a documentary I saw about killer whales and how they will occasionally kill a seal to simply play with it by using their flukes to catapult the seals in the air.

armando - im pretty sure it was just playing with it. it didn't eat it, at least much of it, and after a few minutes grew tired and tried to pounce on something else.

Awesome shots!