Here are some more photos from the game camera overlooking a deer carcass. The crows are ever-present and the great-horned owl is a regular at night while a red-tailed hawk is a consistent diurnal diner. It took awhile for the coyotes to find the carcass but since finding it they have been regular visitors.
Here is the first photo of a coyote investigating the deer carcass. Look hard, it is off in the distance, you can see it’s eyes glowing.
The coyote paced back and forth for quite some time
It seemed very cautious about approaching the carcass.
Finally, it got up the courage to eat – later in the evening.
Since then coyotes have been regular visitors to the carcass.

Obviously there is a problem with the temperature on the above photo.
Here is a curious situation of two coyotes at the carcass at the same time.
Here are some more photos of carcass visitors including coyotes, foxes, and a crow pretending to be an eagle.











9:20 am on March 17th, 2011
Very cool pictures! What a great idea. I love being able to see all the different visitors!
6:32 pm on March 17th, 2011
Liked the pictures very much. Good idea. Earlier this winter we watched 3 eagles eating a deer road kill that had been dragged into the field. It was the middle of the day and very cool to watch especially for our grandkids. This was close to the nature center on 110th St. close to St. Croix Trail.
1:44 pm on March 25th, 2011
Fascincating!
11:33 am on June 3rd, 2011
Our grandkids really liked these picturesQ