Newer wildlife
We had someone stopped by yesterday to watch the birds. Our version of a TV show. You see we made a choice almost a decade ago to not cut down the trees in front of our property. The birds figured it out. They can sit there in relative comfort and wait for us to feed them. A good strategy. Now what intrigued me about the conversation with our visitor had nothing to do with birds. I learned that coyotes were being cited out on the ice. The coyotes are rare sighting like the ice. Probably a short term project. Now I can remember when there were no coyotes in this part of the world. In fact they were virtually unknown to the east of Winnipeg. But things change. We have heard these animals and we have seen these animals from our kitchen window. They also realize that we offer shelter from the storm. Or the hunters. I imagine that somewheres in their DNA, coyotes have figured out that someday the seals will return. If one comes ashore these beasts will be ready. An interesting way to look at history. I did check in one of my locals books can coyotes are new to the area. I do not know how they found their way here or who passed the word that we have a preferred hunting ground. I will leave that to the biologists and the ecologists. I am just someone with trees in my front yard that gives shelter to all sorts of wildlife. A local privilege. And since we no longer have a dog my guess is that the coyotes are going to become braver and braver. That is their game.
