I came across this Coyote resting on the marsh about 30 yards north of the dirt "back road" connecting Gurnet and Saquish. Photo 1 shows how well its coloring camouflages it in the winter marsh grass. Despite its proximity to the road I only noticed it after I had parked and from the car begun scanning the grasses for shorebirds. It seemed to have just awakened, as raised its head (2nd photo) becoming more visible and lazily looked around for a short while. After 5 minutes or so it slowly got to its feet, briefly surveyed the area (photo 3)and walked slowly off ENE (photo 4). I'm told that the nearby wooded area known as Plum Hills hosted a family of coyotes last summer, and while I didn't see any during the winter I did see coyote tracks on occasion after a fresh snowfall.