Coyote Gets Nutria

I went for a walk at Baskett Slough NWR looking for shorebirds today.  The shorebirds are quite thinned out now, but this Coyote was on the hunt and was successful catching a young nutria.  All these shots were at about 150 yards.

He was looking like he was on a mission here.

You can see the nutria just ahead of him.

A little blurry - too bad.

The ducks were not worried.  The Coyote won't go hungry tonight!

Yellow-legged Baird's Sandpiper

If these were muddy legs, they could sure mask the ID sometimes.