Living with Eastern Coyotes: The Incredible Story of our Newest Wild Neighbors
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Join Conserve Wildlife Foundation executive director and nature author David Wheeler in this program for Cape May County Library detailing the extraordinary story of the coyote's evolution from the "Prairie Wolf" of the Old West, to its role as an arch-villain in the mid-1900s, to its migration eastward where it has conquered the Eastern Seaboard. The Eastern Coyote is significantly larger than its western counterpart, and manages to be omnipresent while still largely staying out of sight. Learn about their fascinating life and cultural histories, as well as how we can ensure their safety and our own.
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Came across this video after I seen a pack of 4/5 coyotes in pennsauken nj
Yo lo acabó de ver este domingo por la madrugada 2023 aquí en New Jersey
Thank you for taking the time to put together this excellent presentation! We've been aware of our local urban Eastern Coyote population for a while, but more aware lately as they've been incredibly vocal. It's mating season, they like it here and they want to make sure everybody knows it! I live just inside the city limits of Pittsburgh, PA on about an acre of wood-lined property and I can tell you with much certainty - they are here! As I mentioned, they've been very vocal lately and I wanted to learn as much as I could about them, their preferred habitat, how they move through and see the world. I'm most likely going to be talking to a lot of neighbors with concerns about it and I wanted to be as educated as I could in doing so. This presentation covered not only the basic zoological aspects of the species, but also some cultural significance. Didn't expect that, but very much enjoyed it! Thanks again so much for this!
I also hear a lot of concerns from neighbors, but usually a little education is all it takes. The #1 thing I bring up is coyotes prey mostly on rodents. They noticeably keep rat & chipmunk pops down (they actually solved a huge rodent issue in my area before exterminators had to get involved). When you look at pet attacks, they’re mostly loose pets. Sounds out there, but biologists have observed coyotes watching leashed dogs calmly around den sites, yet those same coyotes are territorial w/ loose dogs. They’re also VERY skittish & easily scare them w/ noise. (The only caveat to this is when people feed them & habituate them. Yet another human created issue 😒).
I tell my neighbors if you’re scared, walk with a personal alarm & some bear spray but you’ll prob never need it. I see them all the time walking my dogs & have never felt threatened. They bolt as soon as they see us. I’d actually like to see them longer!
I’ve seen eastern coyotes in upstate NY that easily tip the scales at around 50 or so lbs. My neighbor saw one that he thought was an Alaskan Malamute on his horse farm - but confirmed it was an Eastern Coyote or he thought it could have been an eastern Coyote/ eastern Wolf hybrid. This hybrid is quite common just south of Algonquin Park in Ontario.
@Big Mike - I live in the Hudson River Valley - we can sometimes hear coyotes howling in the night.
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I live in the countryside of north central MD very close the PA line. Coyotes are abundant around here; if you listen at night they are commonly heard. I was raising free range, egg laying chickens for the better part of two years, and was naive about how risky that was until my birds disappeared all at once. In the span of an hour, I lost ten out of eleven hens. Never found a body, or even a feather.
From what I understand, coyotes will cooperate to raid a chicken coup, and are known to “case” it like a group of burglars. Do not underestimate their power, especially if you have smaller farm animals living outdoors.
On grand island, in western New York, the coyote actually vary a bit in color and size. We have had a very large, very red pair here on the Niagara riverfront for a few years. Others we see in the area are much more gray and smaller. I remember a black pair when I was a kid but that was on the other side of the island and forty years ago so who knows what I really saw!
I live in Newport Rhode Island and we have them everywhere. I have 120 pound pitbull mastiff mix and I’ve seen coyotes just as tall as him, easily pushing 70 pounds but skinny. They say they run in small packs but here on the island they have numbers like 12 to 15 and some of the packs of even joined together to create super packs. They seem to be bigger here on the island than just 10 miles or so away on the mainland. They run through my neighborhood at 9:30 every night and then again around 2 AM but I’ve seen one roaming just a month ago in the middle of the day with not a care in the world. It was mating season though so they are just everywhere during that time. There was a black one someone posted on Facebook one town over. Looked like a wolf
When people defend culling/hunting, they’ll mention annual farmer losses. But many things cause damage besides predators, like weather. Plus, people misidentify all the time. I had a neighbor convinced a coyote got her cat until someone else’s security cam showed a dog. 🤷🏻♀️
The ones I see on Cape Cod seem to appear more stressed than these do. They look like dogs that are malnourished. One chased our 2 cats from our yard smack in the middle of the day with us sitting right there! One cat went up a tall locust and refused to come down, the other easily outran the coyote. We chased the critter away, got the sprinter back indoors, never to leave again, and borrowed a super-tall ladder to coax the terrified kitty down. Quite the afternoon.
I’m also on cape - were you seeing them all same area? Meaning, possibly the same ones, maybe old/sick? I see them all the time near my work & house. Haven’t seen any like yours. They’re naturally slender though, very noticeable w/ summer coats.
I’m sorry about your cat experience but gotta tell you, at work we had a tremendous rat & chipmunk issue. They were causing structural damage. When we started seeing coyotes regularly, we STOPPED seeing rats & chipmunks everywhere. Rodents are the bulk of coyote diet, cats are usually incidental. Plus cats prey on the same species, so coyotes will eliminate them as competition. My cat is now firmly indoors (much to her chagrin), not Bc of coyotes but Bc she’s a serial killer. 😂
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