The Voice of the Coyote
photo by Dave Conlin
“All of the ecological, biological, and other logical studies that public bureaus and private enterprise may forward, still will not bring “those authentic tidings of invisible things” that the lifted voice of the coyote brings in early evening while lighening bugs soften the darkness under the trees, or the voice of some other belonger to the rhythms of the earth brings in a simple tale of brother coyote.” The Voice of the Coyote by Frank Dobie
Read MoreCoyote in the City
photo by George Gove
I am Coyote in the City
Tryin to adapt, to survive
I am a fish out of the water
Tryin to breathe, and to thrive.
And you think
I don’t belong in your world
But I’m your sister, your brother
Hunted down by your guards
Armed with guns, with sedation
That will close my golden eyes
You try to silence my howling
My prowling,
My seeking,
My gasping
Until I finally curl
Into a ball
And I die
(Refrain)
But the echo will remain
Hear my voice from the mountain
Hear my cry from the plain
And it echoes from the canyons
In the rivers,
In the rain
And you think
I don’t belong in your world
But I’ll stay just the same
I will breathe
I‘ll survive
I will sing
I will thrive
Be your sister
Your brother
Love you like no other
You won’t silence my howling
My prowling,
My seeking,
My gasping
The echo of my voice
Will remain
(Refrain)
And the echo will remain
Hear my voice from the mountain
Hear my cry from the plain
And it echoes from the canyons
In the rivers,
In the rain
3/26/2010 © Ginny Freeman
Copying permission to Geri Vistein
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National Geographic ~ Coyote America
UNDERSTANDING HISTORY ~
How important is it to understand the REAL history of our country? VASTLY IMPORTANT!
We cannot truly understand the perspectives held in our society today … and the behaviors that result, without understanding the perspectives and actions of those who came before us.
I highly encourage every American to read author Dan Flores’ new book Coyote America: a Natural and Supernatural History. Most Americans have no idea of the all out war on our native carnivores that has taken place in the last 400 years, and in the West, the last 200 years. But despite the atrocities heaped on our Native Wild Canine ~ Coyote, they have survived!
Dan Flores tells the story of this incredibly successful species that will not allow us to annihilate them. Our continent holds one of Evolution’s Greatest Success Stories ~ Coyote!
Read below article written by National Geographic from a conversation with the author ~
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/coyote-america-dan-flores-history-science/
Read MoreCoyotes and their Telos
Coyote Family ~
“We are made to acknowledge that they [coyotes] are not of our making, that they have little or no need of our continued existence – they recall for us a creation far greater than our own. They have their own reasons for being, quite apart from us.”
William Cronon in Uncommon Ground
Pierre Giard, Photographer
Read MoreCoyote and Christmas Cheer
COYOTES LOVE TO SING… we all know that!
In her newly published book….out just in time for Christmas… Maine’s very special artist, Kathleen Fox shares the wonder that our children are so capable of.
Here are her own words ~
“Virginia’s mom tells her that animals can talk on Christmas eve and so she sneaks out of bed to see if this is true! She can’t wake the dog and can’t find the cat, but coyotes outside her window answer her question. Or do they?”
I think that it is a lovely book that teaches that ~
we are all one …..
Read MoreCoyote: Evolution of America’s Wild Dog
photo by Janet Kessler
OUR HUMAN BEHAVIOR affects the evolution of the living beings with whom we share our planet.
The following is a quote from The Wild Canids by H.T. Gier
“We, with our persecution of the Coyote, have added another parameter to natural selection; with the result that Coyotes are now larger, smarter, more adaptable, faster and more cunning than when white men first entered the coyote’s territory.”
Should we not stand in awe and respect for our native wild canine ~ Coyote