Perhaps it is fur versus feathers.

 

Maybe it's simple coincidence.

 

I have never seen ravens out in rain.

 

And only rarely have I observed coyotes in snow in the Ortiz Mountains.

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But during the ferocious downpours of the Summer Monsoon Season, when normally parched ravines and arroyos suddenly become raging channels of white water, I see soaking coyotes loping through the junipers. 

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I wonder if rodents are about, flushed from burrows and nests, confused and easy pickings. 

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Or is it simply occasion for a warm shower, however much soggy misery seems evident?

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