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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_9DE125F6-6F6B-472B-B30F-615379A940F4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Coyote, Eastern Coyote, Coywolf or what? > Date: November 12, 2015 at 5:43:49 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Mark Elderkin = <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen = <soren.bondrup-nielsen@acadiau.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > As far as I know, most or all of Nova Scotia=92s coyotes have some = wolf genes mixed into their genomes, hence the expression =93coywolf=94. = But their appearances can be vastly different, varying from the typical = western coyotes to somewhat or quite wolf-like in total size and what = the head looks like. >=20 > Remember that the episode of The Nature of Things entitled, =93Meet = the Coywolf=94 included very interesting information from several = locations, like Toronto, Chicago suburbs, Algonquin Prov. Park in = Ontario, New York City, etc.? [add Cape Breton Highlands]. And the = coyotes in Chicago had no wolf genes in them. Revisit the video and = those experts. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Coyote, Eastern Coyote, Coywolf or what? >> Date: November 12, 2015 at 5:15:34 PM AST >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> I snapped the pic at the link below while birding the Wolfville Rail = Trail West yesterday. Can we tell from this pic what it is exactly? I = would think it is a coywolf but is that even an official designation? I = searched other pictures of coywolf and coyotes and this one does seem to = more closely match coywolf but there is also quite a range in the look = of coywolf, presumably depending on the mix of coyote/wolf/dog. Also is = German Shepherd the only dog that can be in the mix of coywolf? Can we = tell what mix this one is? >> =20 >> It was behaving more like coyote than dog. The pic was taken with a = 400 mm lens so it was quite far off the trail (100+ meters I believe) = and didn=92t come any closer. It walked parallel to the trail in the = same direction I was going for a while and it knew I was watching and it = kept its distance. >> =20 >> http://1drv.ms/1RRPZhB >> =20 >> Keith Lowe >=20 --Apple-Mail=_9DE125F6-6F6B-472B-B30F-615379A940F4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Coyote, Eastern = Coyote, Coywolf or what?</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">November 12, 2015 at = 5:43:49 PM AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>>, Mark Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</a>>, Soren = Bondrup-Nielsen <<a = href=3D"mailto:soren.bondrup-nielsen@acadiau.ca">soren.bondrup-nielsen@aca= diau.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;">As far as I know, most or all of Nova Scotia=92s = coyotes have some wolf genes mixed into their genomes, hence the = expression =93coywolf=94. But their appearances can be vastly = different, varying from the typical western coyotes to somewhat or = quite wolf-like in total size and what the head looks = like.<div><br></div><div>Remember that the episode of The Nature of = Things entitled, =93Meet the Coywolf=94 included very interesting = information from several locations, like Toronto, Chicago suburbs, = Algonquin Prov. Park in Ontario, New York City, etc.? [add Cape Breton = Highlands]. And the coyotes in Chicago had no wolf genes in them. = Revisit the video and those = experts.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Keith Lowe <<a = href=3D"mailto:mythos25@live.com">mythos25@live.com</a>><br></span></di= v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0