![]() But these pups were still days old and helpless. The pint-size babes, which looked more like guinea pigs than slender-snouted canines to be, were tightly huddled for warmth as the air temperature was just below 40 degrees.Īs pups get old enough to spend time out of a den, they’ll have hiding places such as this to hang out in while mom is hunting. Instead, their nursery was a dirt hollow dug out under large sagebrush. It was my first encounter with pups less than two weeks old that were not in an underground or covered den. This time the parents apparently were willing to stay concealed in the sagebrush as I came and quickly went after snapping a few photos. Dogs have been attacked by coyotes denning in recent years along the South Hill bluffs in Spokane. They can be particularly assertive when pet dogs are involved.Ī coyote will fiercely defend its den from danger. I have unwittingly walked into the lair of coyote pups several times in previous years and in each case I was confronted and shooed away by defensive and intimidating coyote parents. Ranger, my Brittany, stood on point and I went on alert. With the help of my leashed-dog’s nose, I stumbled onto a litter of seven tiny coyote pups – their eyes still closed – while exploring sagebrush country in Lincoln County, Washington, this weekend. ![]() More trails are free of snow and more minutes of daylight are available every week.Īll of this makes my legs restless for mileage and my hopes keen for the season of renewal.įrom March through June our wanderings are spiced with the chance to ogle over chicks and cheepers, poults, goslings, eaglets, owlets, ducklings, cygnets, pups, kits and kittens, cubs, porcupettes, lambs, kids, fawns, calves and other babes in the woods.Īnd as it were last weekend, babes in the sage. Opening seasons for trout and the hunting seasons for sheds and gobblers get people moving. Wildflowers and morels are like outdoor magnets. Spring is not lacking for reasons to lure hikers outside. Keep your eyes open this time of year for the wildly exciting chance to discover nature’s small fry.
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