Raven & Coyote Foot Print
There is a rumor, that ravens and coyotes will sometimes play together, I have heard the stories. 
Archive for December, 2005
Hackers? A Word of Warning…
Hey peeps…look…I don’t really know how the website changed its look. I was playing around on Tuesday with it and crashed it. So I called a friend of mine who fixed the site. He put it back the way it was, but I just got an email from him and he says he did NOT change the look or add any content to it. So, I suspect that something hinky is going on here. There is really no reason to worry about personal info, the only thing this site holds are your aliases in the game… Just stay frosty, and if anything ELSE wierd starts happening, let me know. OH and check out Quijin’s new page. I DID put that in. grin
Death
Check this out www.lacrossetribune.com/a…00lead.txt
I hope I can see the end coming and take it on my terms like she did.
Raven outsmarts…
yikes just waiting for the feedback onthis one!!
Sorry couldn’t help but share this with the coyotes in my life. Makes me giggle a little.. a piece taken from an article a scientist studying them wrote,
A Glimpse into the World of Ravens / Intelligent, Opportunistic, and Strong
When you see a raven dropping a piece of meat on the road bed in the spring time and guarding it until roosting time, check out the shoulders and see if it is a coyote crossing. Many a coyote has been ironed out on the asphalt because they stalled out in traffic to try to pick up a tasty tidbit glued to the road bed. Coyotes are creatures of habit. They will use the same road crossings daily while making the rounds. Ravens are a roadside attraction for sure.
The last hunt I witnessed was in late March or early April of this year. I heard the ravens outside of my house and went out to see what they were up to, Upon going outside I saw four adult pairs from two adjoining nesting territories. They were circling at what appeared to be approximately 400 feet for one pair and 500-600 feet for the other pair. At first I thought they were just enjoying the day’s updrafts and visiting.
“I watched them for almost 40 seconds, and then I heard a lone raven at ground level below the circling birds. I went back in the house and grabbed my spotting scope and returned to the yard. With the scope I spotted a raven on the ground below the circling pairs. The bird on the ground was standing 8 to 10 feet away from a mature, breeding age cottontail rabbit. Then I heard another raven croaking in the distance.
“I followed my ear with my eye and spotted a redtail heading towards the ravens that were distracting the rabbit. The redtail was about ¾ of a mile out when I spotted him and probably at an altitude of 900 to 1200 feet . The redtail had already set its wings and locked on to its target area.
“There was a lone raven flying closely ahead of the redtail and no more than 100 feet below it. The ravens had found one dumb bunny and held it in one location for many minutes while a single raven flew out over the sagebrush, locating and irritating a redtail until the redtail’s utmost thought was to nail the raven. The raven then led the hawk on a straight descending line to the rabbit and raven on the ground.
“The hawk and the raven coming in together were about 200 to 275 yards away from the rabbit when the raven leading the hawk broke away from the redtail. All the ravens went silent except for the one next to the rabbit on the ground. The Raven on the ground jumped into the air at almost the same time that the redtail rolled over and went into a dive.
“The raven on the ground squawked, jumped, and flew directly over the rabbit at a height of about 6 to 8 feet. As the raven flew over the rabbit, it obscured the hawk from the rabbit’s view. When the raven was out of the way, the rabbit saw the hawk. However it was too late to flee and it froze.
“After the redtail had made the kill, the ravens all landed and ran off the hawk and had a little ‘hare of the dog’. They also fed on immature rabbits that left the burrow later that evening at the same location.
“The next time that you see what looks like a redtail trying to capture a raven in flight, look again and listen for the sounds of other ravens nearby. If you are lucky enough to have a spotting scope you may witness one of the most fascinating and intriguing spectacles involving the intelligence of the ravens. They utilize illusion for profit. Truly amazing. Truly magical.”
Tricksters at large.
Eats Grass and Lucky enjoying the great outdoors.
Pretty intense huh.
And after running in circles my whole life I finally caught my own tail.
I feel Coyote in the air whenever I see Russ or Z.
