The Closing Act

“The Closing Act”  

- Plus ten angels who came to my rescue -

My friends and I saw so many things in the Cove yesterday. We saw a mama bear with her cubs, which were fighting in the woods. We were blessed to see a deer in velvet, a hawk posing, several coyotes, a flock of cedar waxwings, and butterflies everywhere.

The closing act was a coyote in a freshly mowed field. He was trying to eat the biting flies. They were biting me, too!

The day didn’t go without a few scrapes. While in the picnic area, I backed out of a parking spot and moved forward quickly to find I was on a large rock. I thought no problem. So I pressed the accelerator, to hear scraping. My car wouldn’t move anymore. I opened the door to discover I was stuck on a ginormous boulder.

Tons of men came to the rescue of the distressed damsel. They were my angels.

They tried and tried several different things to get my tire to go back over the boulder. One man suggested calling AAA.

My friend stood and prayed. About five men lifted the front of my car while five men pushed the side of my car until finally it was free. The frame was slightly bent underneath my door—a gentleman popped a piece of sliding back into place. I believe a Heavenly angel lifted the bulk of my heavy SUV.

If you were one of these angels—God bless you for your help. I am greatly appreciative and thankful!!

It was still a great day to be in the Cove!

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

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Tiger

“Tiger”

 Judy Royal Glenn Photography

I was thrilled to photograph a coyote pup in the Cove on Tuesday—I’m naming him Tiger. I did not notice he was partially blind or blind in his right eye. He’s got the eye of the Tiger:)

 

I am saddened to hear people feed the pups, which makes them hang out near the road. I know he is cute, but most of us know feeding wildlife in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is illegal. This is very dangerous for the animals and the visitors.

 

So, the next time someone sees Tiger, I hope they adore the beauty of this wild animal God made and just wave.

 

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

Wylie Coyote

“Wylie Coyote”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

Word was out—a coyote was hanging out at the restrooms in Cades Cove late in the evening. I was shooting with some other photographers, and I told them I wanted to see the coyote.

 

First, let me say that more than likely the reason he was there is people are probably feeding him. Don’t feed the coyote! His long tail was tucked beneath his legs signifying he did not want to be there.

 

People were calling him Wylie. A lady believed he was part dog because of his white legs. He did sit like a dog in the parking lot staring at the cars as they passed by.

 

I wish he was like the other coyote in the field next to him looking for rodents. That’s what coyotes are supposed to do.

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pounce

“Pounce”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

My family gives me a hard time about talking to people while out shooting, but I’m an extrovert and people have all sorts of good information. While in Cades Cove, we stopped and talked to my favorite park volunteer Nancy a.k.a bear jam manager. 

Someone mentioned a coyote was walking towards the field where we were standing. My conversation abruptly stopped when someone spotted the coyote.

He was parallel to me in the field. I always like to shoot with my subject having room to walk into the frame. When he was getting too far in front of me, I would run parallel again until I was shooting towards him. It was sort of a cat and mouse game, but it worked.

He ended up catching a vole or some sort of small critter—ate it then went back to hunting.

Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Poser

“Poser”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

When we visited Albuquerque last week, I knew I wanted to photograph the wildlife. After doing a little research, I knew it was a tad early for the hummingbirds.

I went to the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park and was lucky to see a small flock of sandhill cranes migrating through. While I was there, I talked to a worker in the visitor’s center and asked him where he suggested I photograph wildlife. He mentioned I could find coyotes and long ear hares at the Petroglyph National Monument.

Large black volcanic rocks were scattered throughout the park and were decorated with petroglyphs. We visited the Piedras Marcadas Canyon, which hosts 300-500 petroglyphs.

 I was mesmerized by the petroglyphs and thought of the people who made them. We did see the hares, but they were super skittish and ran away one hundred miles an hour.

While I was photographing a petroglyph, my husband said, “Judy, there is a coyote!” I glanced up to see a coyote meandering down the large boulders. He was looking for food.

He posed frequently. He even posed with his fresh catch—a mouse. I’ll have to post that photo for another day. This photograph is one of my favorites.

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico  

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A Close Call

 

"A Close Call" 

Judy Royal Glenn Photography 

 

It was a "close call" for two fawns bedding in my backyard Saturday.

 

 

I was photographing two fawns and their mother through my open window in the basement. 

 

The mother kept staring at the empty lot next to our house.  I thought she would have heard me taking photographs of her, but I did not seem to bother her.

Soon both of the fawns were also on alert.  The next thing I knew, the mother deer was flying towards me very quickly.  I still did not know what was going on, so I just photographed what I was seeing.

 

She was chasing the coyote away from her babies.  I love the baby fawn in the background.  It is as if he is saying, "Get em' Mom!"   I wish the photograph would be more in focus. 

 I asked my son to help me recreate the shot because I wanted to know how large the coyote was.  We placed a yard stick against the tree and took the exact shot.  The tall part of the coyote's back is about 18" tall. 

I am the fourth person that has seen the coyote.  We live within the city limits, and this coyote is a threat to my dog and other dogs in our neighborhood who don't have fences.  I am making phone calls to see what can be done.

Luckily my neighbor told me the day before I saw the coyote to be careful with my dog.  I went that day to the back property line to see if the could photograph the coyote to no avail.  How blessed I was that the Lord brought me another divine appointment!