Yosemite nature notes . From KoJachromt by G. GalUsonYoung mountain coyote near Badger Pass. Large, for a coyote, and tame, thefirst impression given by a mountaincoyote is that a German shepherd dogis at large in the park. The grizzled, gray-ish buff color also suggests a timber wolves are much larger, of morepowerful build, and have not been re-corded in our area. Coyotes are common here, ranging upto the very high country. In winter, theyare more numerous in Yosemite Valley,presumably because deep snow reduces. semite, they do not seriously affect thescenic values of the forest. T
Yosemite nature notes . From KoJachromt by G. GalUsonYoung mountain coyote near Badger Pass. Large, for a coyote, and tame, thefirst impression given by a mountaincoyote is that a German shepherd dogis at large in the park. The grizzled, gray-ish buff color also suggests a timber wolves are much larger, of morepowerful build, and have not been re-corded in our area. Coyotes are common here, ranging upto the very high country. In winter, theyare more numerous in Yosemite Valley,presumably because deep snow reduces. semite, they do not seriously affect thescenic values of the forest. They do, how-ever, give the Park Engineer a headachewith their gnawing of the boards in cer-tain structures, such as pit privies! — Carnivores the availability of food up high. How-ever, some are at Tuolumne Meadows allwinter. It is interesting to see coyoteshunting mice in the snow covered mead-ows of the valley. They seem to followthe mice by listening to them as theytravel under the snow, then pouncing onthem in cat-like fashion. In heavy snow years, coyotes take tollof the fawns or yearling deer, whichcannot escape readily in the heavy , a healthy, adult deer is amatch for a coyote, and has been seensuccessfully to ward off an attack fromtwo or more, given open ground andgood footing. The deer population main-tains itself successfully, notwithstandingthe fact that the National Park Servicegives equal protection to all usual food of the coyote consistsof lesser game, such as rodents
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