Finally a little payoff for a very slow couple of days in the park.
At Beryl Spring, there was a coyote and a doe deer having quite a standoff. I watched for probably 45 minutes. She chased the coyote 3 times, he marked his territory, laid down a while and then went up to where the deer was. There was a little confrontation that I couldn't see too well, but suddenly the coyote was chasing her straight downhill until she jumped into the river. I think they probably stayed at it, but I left after the coyote hid himself for a bit. I thought I could see her kick at him before they came downhill, though i couldn't see an injury. I got some pictures, some blurry, and will try to post them when I get home as I just can't get the photo sharing sites to work for me now.
Other than that, there was a brown black bear with cub across the road from the Petrified Tree entrance, and there was a black bear there, too, but I only saw that one from a distance.
The Wapitis apparently had two carcasses in the western side of Hayden, way far out. They had bedded down when I was there, so I never saw them.
Beryl coyote chasing deer 10-6-2917 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl deer splash 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl staredown 10-7-3027 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl deer chasing coyote 10-6-2917 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl coyote on run 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl staredown 3nd 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl coyote waiting 19-6-3027 by
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ZbdFiL]Brown bear and cub 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Oct. 6, 2017 pix added
Re: Oct. 6, 2017 pix added And a few more
Thought I'd post a few more because I thought it was such an unusual situation with aggressive deer (who didn't seem to have any fawns with her) and a coyote that seemed to think he could take down a deer by himself.
The first standoff I saw, the deer to the left of the rock, the coyote to the right:
Beryl deer 1st shot; by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Breryl coyote 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl coyote 3 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl coyote 2 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/r
Deer walking away by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl deer last shot by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
The first standoff I saw, the deer to the left of the rock, the coyote to the right:
Beryl deer 1st shot; by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Breryl coyote 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl coyote 3 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl coyote 2 10-6-2017 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/r
Deer walking away by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/
Beryl deer last shot by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141710614@N05/