Wile E. Coyote

Last Wednesday I was out with Blonde Dog for a walk and a circuit trail cameras to swap out the SD cards.  Unremarkably deer were the most prolific of critters photographed followed by raccoons.  The third most popular image collected was that of the largest resident predator around these parts.  Canis latrans - Wile E. Coyote. 

If you paid attention to the behavior of my faithful companion the casual observer would take note that she would periodically stop in her tracks to give a particular spot on the trail a long and thorough sniff.  With each pause the denouement would be to pee at each location before resuming our walk. 

There is no mistaking this scent marking behavior and the need for canids to lay claim to their territory.

Anyway here are some additional trail camera photos taken this month - both IR captured at night and a couple of daytime photos as well.  Three different locations.  I did not crop the date and time stamp as as to lend a sense to the movement patterns......