
Yesterday afternoon in Yellowstone National Park, right by a sign that read “Wildlife Exhibit Ahead,” a couple of snow coaches were stopped, blocking the road. Road jams in Yellowstone National Park usually mean some sort of critter is nearby and this was no exception. A lone Coyote trotted up the road heading away from us when it passed the sign post and a few yards further up the road, it reversed direction and returned to a snow-covered slope near the sign and began to dig in the snow. By this time, the Coach directly in front of us had driven off giving us a clear line of sight. We watched as the Coyote’s digging revealed the wing of a Trumpeter Swan that had succumbed and its carcass was buried in the snow. The Coyote had picked up the scent as it passed by and was intent on devouring its frozen meal despite the photographers that gathered nearby. The Coyote, wing feather in its mouth, didn’t realize it was providing a “live” Wildlife Exhibit, just as advertised by the sign, the shadow of which is in front of the Coyote.