A litter of seven coyote pups, their eyes still not open, snuggle in a dirt hollow under sagebrush in Lincoln County on Saturday. Rich Landers of the SR Outdoors blog stumbled on this den, with the help of a leashed dog. More here. (Rich Landers)

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