I was jarred awake last week, during the night, by a pack of coyotes. They sounded like they were having an epic feeding frenzy -- barking, yelping, screeching and howling! I immediately thought of our neighbor's dogs and cats and seriously hoped they were all safe inside. If you have pets, it's not safe to let them outside for any length of time in our neck of the woods...they may never come back. The frequent "LOST" posters on the nearby electrical poles attest to this.
Coyotes can be quite brazen. I was gardening one spring morning and a skinny, mangy-looking coyote nonchalantly trotted right by me (only about 20 feet away) and barely gave me a look sideways. That started my heart beating! Coyotes are quite adaptable, even in the city. They hunt rabbits, rodents, fish, frogs, and even deer. They also eat garbage, insects, snakes, and road kill. They can run up to 40 miles an hour, which doesn't give the rabbits much hope for escape. In the fall and winter, they form packs for more effective hunting.
I don't see coyotes often, but I sure do hear them!
(Photo courtesy of David Kingham, Flickr Creative Commons)
Coyotes can be quite brazen. I was gardening one spring morning and a skinny, mangy-looking coyote nonchalantly trotted right by me (only about 20 feet away) and barely gave me a look sideways. That started my heart beating! Coyotes are quite adaptable, even in the city. They hunt rabbits, rodents, fish, frogs, and even deer. They also eat garbage, insects, snakes, and road kill. They can run up to 40 miles an hour, which doesn't give the rabbits much hope for escape. In the fall and winter, they form packs for more effective hunting.
I don't see coyotes often, but I sure do hear them!
(Photo courtesy of David Kingham, Flickr Creative Commons)
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