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Coyote in back yard
Mar 7, 2017 20:02:30 #
MtnMan wrote:
Improvement there!
We are New Yorkers living in New England. It has taken a while to adjust. We have met some wonderful people and made friends. We kept the apartment for city fixes.
Mar 7, 2017 21:12:54 #
Excellent set, Mary Kate!
Mary Kate wrote:
My husband was reading the paper yesterday and just happened to look up and saw this coyote taking a stroll. He got lucky when the coyote stopped and looked at the house.
Mar 8, 2017 07:07:40 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
I agree. Unfortunately Coyotes, being infinitely adaptable, have inserted themselves into most urban areas.
One thing, your Coyote looks bigger and redder than the ones you see in Los Angeles.
One thing, your Coyote looks bigger and redder than the ones you see in Los Angeles.
That would be the case. According to naturalists and wildlife experts the north eastern coyote is larger then it's western cousins. Theory is that they carry some wolf DNA. BTW, rumour has it that we have coyotes scattered around the NYC suburbs and in a few spots in the outlying boroughs of NYC. Supposedly there was one spotted in Central Park a few years ago. Though not documented there they have been in places outside Manhatten. My Great Pyrenees can't wait to test his mettle against one.
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Mar 8, 2017 07:37:54 #
Really nice images, and certainly an occurrence that won't be forgotten!
Mar 8, 2017 08:35:49 #
jaymatt wrote:
Not sarcastic at all--they are killers of practically anything they can get their teeth into. I know many people who have had their cats and dogs killed by these critters, even in broad daylight.
Jaymatt,
They have to eat too, and it's us human type that have encroached into what was their territory. If living in Coyote territory, keep you dog(s) on a leash.
About 30 years ago we had one visit our backyard in Andover, MA which is like this shot pretty well built up. It was a great learning experience for the kids who were having breakfast to see it through the kitchen door; also had a Black Bear come through the yard one night with three cubs; they did a job on all the bird feeders as they worked their way up several blocks.
Mar 8, 2017 09:47:17 #
Mar 8, 2017 10:13:06 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Mary Kate wrote:
I did not know they are in urban environments.
From what I've be reading and seeing on TV they're becoming a problem in and around Chicago. They're have also been a number of sightings in populated areas in New Jersey and even in New York City. As their territory diminshes they seem to be adapting more and more to populated urban and suburban areas.
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Mar 8, 2017 11:26:41 #
I remember seeing one when we lived in Pleasantville. There was snow on the ground then, too. Our dog made funny growling sounds and basically froze by the window until it passed. Unfortunately we didn't have a camera at hand. Here, in the wilds north of S.F., we see them often.
These are beautiful shots, especially the second.
These are beautiful shots, especially the second.
Mar 8, 2017 11:57:11 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
It is documented that Wolves and Coyotes in the NorthEast crossbreed. The Coywolf is becoming common in urban areas.
Mar 8, 2017 12:09:51 #
MtnMan wrote:
I keep a wolf tag and rifle handy to protect our yard elk.
Coyote are nothing like wolves. Or vice versa. Our GSD could handle one or two Coyote. Not a wolf.
Coyote are nothing like wolves. Or vice versa. Our GSD could handle one or two Coyote. Not a wolf.
GSD?
Mar 8, 2017 12:15:02 #
Mary Kate wrote:
I did not know they are in urban environments.
NYC has some big parks, Van Cortland, Central, Prospect, then we get to Staten Island, Clove Lakes, the Greenway, Great Kills (federal), Conference House, the land fill, (to be a park eventually), we even have electronic "Deer Crash Zone" signs now, lots of space for a coyote or two
Mar 8, 2017 12:15:26 #
Oh not at all, they are survivors, and have adapted to what ever humans have forced them into. As far as cats and dogs are concerned, that is usually the owners fault and after all the Coyote was here first. I have great respect for the Coyote
jaymatt wrote:
Nasty, ugly things, aren't they?
Mar 8, 2017 12:18:50 #
Personally cats should be kept in the house, they are rather nasty predators themselves.
Mar 8, 2017 16:09:08 #
jaymatt wrote:
Not sarcastic at all--they are killers of practically anything they can get their teeth into. I know many people who have had their cats and dogs killed by these critters, even in broad daylight.
I am in total agreement. I was brought up to kill every coyote that gives me a shot. I still do whenever it is legal and I have half a chance.
Dennis
Mar 8, 2017 16:40:43 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
bobmcculloch wrote:
Personally cats should be kept in the house, they are rather nasty predators themselves.
Not a big fan of cats myself, but I'm guessing the cat lovers here will take umbrage over your "rather nasty predators" comment.
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