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Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Date: Aug 15, 2011
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2011

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 My son and I were driving a rented convertible in the Shenandoah National park about ten days ago when we came across these deer grazing in the grass just off of and above the road. We had pulled off of the road and were facing the other way when my son looked ahead of us and asked "What's that?".

It was a coyote sitting down on our side of the road scratching itself with a hind leg. It finished and then started trotting directly towards us. Just before it got to us (about 15 yards away) it crossed to the other side of the road (the side the deer were on) and kept an eye on us as it passed by.

While keeping and eye on us it was oblivious to the deer just ahead of it and the deer were too busy feeding to see the coyote until they were within 20 yards of each other. The deer looked up at about the same time as the coyote seemed to feel that it was far enough away from us and looked forward again to see the deer.

The deer immediately began jumping high in the air away from the coyote. Several crossed the road and the rest went further away from the road. The coyote seemed particularly interested in the two baby deer that still had spots on them but he wasn't able to get close enough to any of them for an ambush.

Some of the deer, including the two babies, were at the bottom of the hill right at roadside when they initially saw the coyote...pretty much right next to where the coyote is currently in the picture.

It was quite a unique experience to have a view of the deer and the coyote on a collision course well before either of them saw each other.

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 08/15/2011 02:58:55 PM
Oh wow, what a great experience! Moments like these are few and far between. =)
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