Hello Tweets....A non-bird sighting that seemed unusual. On Wednesday,
March I was driving on Highway 104, North of the Hood Canal Bridge at about
3:00 pm when a larger-than-usual coyote crossed the road about 100 yards
ahead, headed Southeast. He was rangy and tall, but much darker colored
than the coyotes I?ve seen before. The most striking feature however was
the large, snow-white tip of the tail, The white tail is what made me
notice, and for a moment I thought I had seen a fox. As I passed, he paused
on the road embankment and looked toward the highway. Dark grayish-brown
and the facial features of a coyote ? somewhat thin face and long muzzle,
but somewhat large. Then it was into the forest and gone. Has anyone seen a
color phase like this one on a coyote, or could it have been a coyote/dog
cross?

Gary Cummins
Port Townsend, WA
casacummins at yahoo.com