Name: Coyotes are observed hunting deer around the frozen archipelago, 2009
Start: 2009-01-18
End: 2009-01-19
Location: Beaver Island

Coyotes are observed hunting deer around the frozen archipelago, 2009

Also Beaver Island Circle of Life coyote deer observation 2009

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Dates2009-01-18 – 2009-01-19

WithinBeaver Island archipelago

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2009-01-18 – 2009-01-19
Kind: Observation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationweather
Within: Beaver Island archipelago

Summary

An aerial observation on January 18–19 described ice forming around the archipelago and a pair of coyotes taking down a deer on Garden Island’s northern ice shelf.

Evidence limits

This is a first-person observation essay, not a wildlife census, telemetry record, or measured ice-safety assessment.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 2009, "The Circle of Life."
Describes an aerial view of ice bridges, coyote tracks, and a pair of coyotes taking down a deer on Garden Island's northern ice shelf. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 2009, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the observation essay.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Coyotes are observed hunting deer around the frozen archipelago, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coyote-deer-observation-january-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2009, "The Circle of Life." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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