At least that’s what it looked like in the field across the street.
(Pardon the picture quality, it was far away and my zoom was maxxed out.)
I thought it was a dog…..
But it wasn’t a dog.
It was the often heard, but seldom seen coyote.
And while I recognize his necessary part in the eco system…..
I admit I was a little nervous seeing him cross the street….
And head down into the woods where our deer, fox, raccoons, skunks and woodchucks live.
But what made me even more nervous?
Was realizing there were actually two of them.
Why nervous? Survival of the fittest.
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Yes, but I prefer our backyard blood free.
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I think coyotes lick the grass.
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*gulp*
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You don’t have any road runners in your nature preserve, do you? I hear they’re a coyote’s nemesis…
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We’re a little far north for that, so sadly… no.
The husband does have an anvil in the barn ripe for dropping though.
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See! All that junk will come in handy!
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I wouldn’t go that far….
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Yikes!
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I know! We hear them at night every now and then but this was a little close for comfort.
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We get coyotes in our neighborhood too. They don’t make me nervous for me, but they do tend to decimate the bunny brigade.
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Which is the one creature we’ve never seen in our backyard. I think I know why now….
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Coyotes…we have some here. Even though there is a lot of green space and a huge lake within walking distance in my neighbourhood, we are skirting the south-western part of a huge metropolitan city (Toronto) with 3 mill inhabitants.
Hopefully the coyotes stick to eating the many rabbits, not people’s pets. 😶
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Or any of the critters we feed. Yes.
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I know, I know but they have to eat too!!
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I know….. but it’s still a little unnerving.
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There’s an ecological rule that any creature that can eat out of a dumpster will thrive…
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I guess we’re safe then. No dumpster in the backyard….
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Yikes. I hope he leaves the locals alone.
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Cool sighting! A little brazen, even, in the open in daytime. Coyotes eat a lot of the smaller critters – voles, mice, gophers, shrews, rabbits. Hopefully there are enough of those meals in surrounding areas that they won’t bother the critters you feed, although they may smell and be attracted to the meals you leave out for your furry friends.
Coyotes are certainly good at provoking both admiration and fear in we humans. I totally understand your nervousness; feel the same when I see or hear them near my place or in the forest.
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I know they’re always out there, we hear them… and I respect their place in the world. But seeing two in your fields does make you gulp.
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They kinda look like foxes! Do they attack people?
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Much bigger, like a tall German Shepherd. I’ve never heard of them attacking a person.
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Ooh that’s big! Hopefully the recently evicted squirrel family don’t become lunch…
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Momma squirrel is pretty ornery. I think they’re safe…
😉
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I’m with Evil, a roadrunner would give those Coyotes a “run” for their money….lmao. Sorry I had to or I’d have that with me all day. It’s true though, roadrunner do make the Coyotes work for their supper and usually they don’t catch them, like ever.
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I was hoping to see roadrunners when we went to Arizona but apparently we were too far north.
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