Surveying its territory

This is a closer crop of a similar photo than a previously posted image. Couldn't decide which to post a few weeks ago and then happened to come across this closer crop yesterday and decided to post it, too. This beautiful Coyote was outside the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, way, way off in the distance in the Inglewood Wildlands (i.e. just a huge expanse of wild, grassy land). When I met up with friends on the morning of March 15th, for a three-hour walk at the Sanctuary, we were so lucky to see this sight from the parking lot. The animal chose to stand on top of this monument (not the right word, but can't think what the other word is, ha) which has some interesting designs on the stones.

"The Inglewood Wildlands was acquired by Petro-Canada in 1985. A former Gulf Oil refinery, the Wildlands began as an extensive environmental clean-up project in order to protect the Bow river and surrounding habitats and has since grown into a river valley mosaic of grasslands, shrubs, and riparian woods. Since the clean-up began in 1978, more than 1.5 million litres of sub-surface oil have been removed.

In 1992, along with the clean-up, the development of the site as a wilderness habitat and educational vehicle began to take shape. With the help of Petro-Canada, eight Calgary Rotary clubs, Ducks Unlimited Canada, The City of Calgary, and the Inglewood Community, the Inglewood Wildlands has developed into a 78-acre sanctuary where both young and old can gather to experience the original river valley while learning how environmental protection and sustainability are important aspects to a sound future."

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