sb wrote:
I love it. If you don't like them, keep your cats and small dogs inside. One study in California showed that in a region that was being developed and that subsequently had a decline in coyote population, they could correlate a major decline in local bird population. Their postulated explanation was that the coyotes kept the population of snakes and squirrels under control - both of which eat eggs and chicks. Nature's always a balance.
I hope they are very selective about the snakes they choose. I've never seen a coyote with a snake, but have seen a pack of them walking down our street getting into trash cans that people stupidly left out the night before trash pickup.