Interestingly enough, I read three things about coyotes this week. The first was an email warning to the Friends of the Shelter group — the writer’s two dogs had been attacked by three coyotes while she was hiking with them.
The second was a piece in our local online newspaper about this Coyote Hazing Field Guide to “help coyotes be good neighbors.” Coyotes are great at keeping rodents under control, but it’s important that they remain afraid of people.
The third was a piece by KB at Rocking and Roaming in the Rockies about a coyote who visited her meadow in Colorado. She took this picture using a friend’s telephoto lens:
In her post she also included this video her trail camera took last spring:
Rocking and Rolling in the Rockies. Creative Commons license.
The first two incidents may have been related, but it was interesting that KB’s post appeared the same week. Thanks, KB!
I have so many coyote experiences, don’t know where to begin.
Our daughter (Marie) was attacked by one while sleeping with her friend in our front yard. She was bit many times. We think he was enticed by the smell of the down sleeping bag. She had to have a series of shots with big needle in her stomach in case of rabies. Her friend had a fiberfil sleeping bag & was safe. My aunt & uncle were in Greece & read about it in the news.
One of Kendall’s dogs, Cody (the coyote, he looked like one) howled at our cabin at night & was answered by coyotes.
Kendall’s other dog was lured up a steep incline by a coyote staying close in front of him. Two other coyotes appeared at the top when Dog was tired, for the attack. I chased them off. etc. Tom has called me for waffles. Bye now
All coyote experiences except that cabin one, happened here in town.
How scary would that be! To be attacked while sleeping in your own front yard. The hazards of living next to a canyon.
My Australian blogmates have problems with coyotes as well. One of them had a coyote in her garden today, chasing the dog. Luckily Northern Ireland is coyote-free!
Do you have problems with any other form of wildlife? Apparently one of the elementary schools here has had a few shelter-in-places for the students because a coyote sometimes roams the schoolyard. It’s wounded, walks with a limp and isn’t afraid of people. It also has a friend that is often with it. I’m surprised that our Animal Control hasn’t been able to do something. It would be interesting to hear more details.
The only coyotes that I get to see where I live are the two legged variety. Some of them can put the originals to shame.
We have our share of the two-legged kind too, unfortunately. Humans are just another part of nature.
We don’t have coyotes here at all, I don’t think they are even in the zoo situation…I don’t think we really have any completely difficult biting creatures – other than of these nasty dogs that do attack from time to time…
bhb: how terrible for your daughter both the animal bites and injections. How has that affect Marie? Or was she really too young to understand and hasn’t a fear of nasty coyotes or similar?
Do you have a rodent problem? Apparently coyotes do help keep their numbers down. If you don’t have a problem, what keeps them under control?
Jean, there are loads of squirrels here but they’re not a nuisance to anyone as far as I know. Foxes are a big problem now in London, they get into people’s houses, raid their wheelie bins and so on. Also in England, there’s been a lot of controversy over extensive badger-culling to prevent the spread of bovine TB.
We don’t have many (any?) foxes, but I’ve heard of squirrels being a nuisance if they get into attics.