Coyote in wolf's clothing.

It's most likely, according to MNR, that the critter that's been stalking prey in our bay lately is a Coywolf.  Part Coyote, part Wolf with mostly Coyote traits.

This afternoon we watched in broad daylight 2 snowmobilers chase the Coywolf along a snowmobile track up the bay.

The snowmobilers were doing a good clip too.

I've been asking questions and reading a lot about Coyotes, Wolves and Coywolfs lately.

After a Coyote has killed a deer,  it will eat the guts first but leave the stomach.  Thats exactly what happened to the deer kill at our neighbours.  Then, it will come back and drag the carcass to a secretive, secluded location and again, that's exactly what it did.  Except it dragged it to a neighbours front yard who is home all day long, as is his next door neighbour.  They both have dogs that like Lucy, bark at anything that moves on their property.  So it's not exactly secretive.

I also read that Coyotes are interested in dog feces, just the same as dogs like to sniff other dogs leave behinds. Also, Coyotes don't mind being around humans.

They eat small animals like mice, squirrels, foxes, fawns and so on during most of the year but when the snow is deep and they cannot get at some prey, they'll go for deer or moose.

They'll eat small dogs and cats too and feel confronted by larger dogs.

This Coywolf was chased back onto land at the Point where it will no doubt find the road and walk back here.

Meanwhile, all our regular wildlife has disappeared. The foxes, squirrels, deer even the wild turkey's, gone! So with lack of food, maybe the Coywolf will move on.

Here's hoping it doesn't think Lucy looks like a cheeseburger!