coyote and weasel dancing

[Dylan8i]

So about 5 minutes and a mile down the road from the elk shots seen here:
Yellowstone, hayden valley Elk

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.






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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.


it walked along this stream for a bit....



it then marked its territory and moved off out of sight.

[CaraRose]

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

[ct-rob]

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

[ct-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

[Singletracklovr]

Excellent action shots. Thanks for sharing them.

[Eric D]

Nice action sequence....thanks for sharing!

Nice work!

[Dylan8i]

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.

[frog4gators]

An event you won't soon forget...

[FlashThat]

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

[armando_m]

terrific series !!

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

[Loupey]

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.

[Dylan8i]

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.

[paulnj]

Awesome shots!