wolves

Thanksgiving morning we had an interesting pack traveling through the valley.  The coloring looks like coyotes, but I'm not sure.  If they were coyotes, they were by far the biggest i have ever seen.  Jim caught a glimpse of them wandering through Jug's place just north of us.  We got out the binoculars & zoomed in as far as we could with the camera.  Here are the shots we got:

they were making a b-line for Blue Mountain

it is hard to tell from the picture, but they were huge!

crossing the road right by Jug's place

Then we spotted another one coming & Mara took off in her car to try and get a closer shot.  She kind of headed him off, but got a closer picture.  He was by far the smallest of the group & wasn't too happy about being separated from his buddies.

this was the smallest of the 4 - he was pretty thick

I've shown several people the pictures & they think that they are probably coyotes, but I'm not so sure.  They were huge & were making tracks for Blue Mountain.  The walked in a straight line  & it was not the typical pouncing around that we have seen coyotes do.  I sincerely hope I am wrong, but will never know for sure.  The idea of having a wolf in the valley when we are calving is just a little spooky.  Definitely not who I wanted to have over for Thanksgiving dinner.