Coyotes Dominate The Council of Clowns

 July 21, 2025

   There is a local effort being mounted to save some of the wild canyons to the north of us. I have volunteered to produce a poster to help promote that effort. My neighbor Tom Augherton said he wants to see a coyote in the poster. I agree but sometimes those wily critters are hard to see.

Daily Whip Out:

"New River Mesa & Faint Coyote In Early Light"

   But wait, If memory serves me correctly. . .

Daily Revised Whip Out:

"Coyote Crosses Spur Cross Before It Was Paved"

   And, sometimes coyotes blend in with the background. . .

Daily Whip Out:

"Hidden Coyote in the Shadows"

(sorry, more dingo than coyote going here)

   And sometimes in legend they loom large. . .

Daily Whip Out:

"Mickey Free & The Legend of Zig Zag Canyon"

   In my experience, every coyote I've run across has a certain smug look about them. 

Daily Scratchboard Whip Out:

"The Coyote Smirk"

   With all that said, nobody has said it better than Momaday. . .

"Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to."

—N. Scott Momaday