Yosemite nature notes . 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 of
Yosemite nature notes . 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, variousfruits, and carrion. The Sierra red fox is a rarity in thepark, and few records come to our at-tention. One was seen at Tuolumne Mead-. From castt by M. V. HoodTracks of gray fox, left, and coyote, right. Six-inch pencils. 82 YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES
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