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Giving birth. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Giving birth
A Matter of Life and Death
The pronghorn mother and the coyote
by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
June 15, 2016

A pronghorn doe in the process of giving birth found herself having to face off against a coyote laying in wait. We observed the unfolding scene and peril while on a drive down Paradise Road near Boulder on Sunday morning, June 12th. She charges the hovering predator and it runs. The scene unfolds over just a couple short minutes. We don’t know the end of this story. They both ran off over a hill out of sight.



On alert. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
On alert

Coyote. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Coyote

In progress. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
In progress

Warning. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Warning

Confronting. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Confronting

Running it off. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Running it off

Close up. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Close up

Pushing away. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Pushing away

Hackles up. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Hackles up

Running it off. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Running it off

After it . Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
After it

Running over the hill. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Running over the hill

Watching . Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Watching
See that magpie sitting on the fence post watching the scene unfold . . .

A second danger. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
A second danger
This magpie is as much a threat as the coyote. They are notorious for swooping in on newborn wildlife and calves and pecking their eyes out.

Following the coyote. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Following the coyote
The mother follows the path of the running coyote and disappears over the knoll.
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