r/coyote

The neighborhood yotes visit my chickens on a regular basis. Now that the pups are out of the den it will be happening more often so I need to be extra aware. The pups are really cute though. They mostly hunt rats in the condominium complex behind me, but they still wonder about the big critters in the cage in my yard.

It usually happens before sunrise and I can't get pictures, but this one visited when it was bright enough for a decent shot. I opened the door and barked at it after I got my photo proof.

A few weeks after first emerging from the den, the coyote pups are growing bolder by the day. They are exploring their neighborhood and enjoy play time, no adult supervision required.

Saw in my neighborhood (hundreds of acres of conservation easement/woods in the neighborhood) in Alabama

Welp /coyote randomly showed up in my feed so might as well share this lovely picture I took a few days ago. Truly one of nature’s hidden sights.

So, I was trying to catch a stray dog for like about a month, this dog was absolutely terrified of people. He's a medium sized German shepherd looking dog, slightly smaller than a normal German shepherd, who was black and white instead of black and brown, medium length fur. He had disappeared one day and didn't come back for weeks, so much so we assumed he had either been rescued finally, or he was dead because of all the crossing roads he did on a street known for drunk drivers because people go and drink at the small airport bar down the road and then drive home, thinking they won't get in trouble for it. I digress.

Last night, after howling that sounded not dog-like at all, more like yipping we used to hear during baby season for coyotes mixed with howling, he appears. Way past dark, when he was usually found sleeping with 2 outside dogs. When I went to get him food, assuming he was here for food and water, he refused to take any. He was still just as scared of me, and just as social with my dogs through the fence, no fighting or barking.

I wake up to this text from my mom at 3 am. We live across the road from empty wilderness and farmland with TONS of wildlife both in our yards and in that wilderness, Google says it's possible, but not really. I'm asking you guys cuz idk who else to ask really?? Last photo is Ludo, the stray dog

I have a 8 month old chow chow and was walking him around 1am, I live right on the beach in Florida and was walking along A1A when I look behind me I see a coyote about 20 yards out stalking us. I’ve never seen a coyote in my life and are no common in this area, so I kept eye contact and just started walking towards my building but this coyote kept picking up its pace until it got around 10 yards from I I just took off running towards my building and this coyote was relentless & started jogging with us. By the time I reached my gate and shut it, it was about 5-10 feet from us. Close call. Is this common? Everything I’ve read tells me they don’t do stuff like this & I see I should’ve started yelling at it. Well now I know.

There was only these 2

Idywild, CA.

The pair of coyotes I keep seeing brought this thing last night. Looking it up, it seems to be a BarkBox exclusive dog toy of a compost bin, and is supposed to have a plush raccoon in it as well.

They must have got it from someone else's yard, but is there a reason they were interested in the toy enough to carry it around, or just coyotes being coyotes?