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- We’ve stepped off the path, but the coyote just stays put looking around
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- when we get back on the path, the coyote steps off the path into the tall grass, about 30 feet away
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- we continue our walk and then see the coyote back on the path in back of us
Shortly after beginning our walk, we found a coyote right in our path ahead moving towards us. We didn’t want to approach the coyote, so we stepped off to the side of the path maybe 30 feet to allow the coyote to go by: we gave the coyote the right of way. Apparently we had not stepped off the path far enough because the coyote did not continue on the path. Instead, it stood and looked at us, and then retraced its steps — in the direction we were headed. We were back where we had started. We wanted to continue our walk so we got back on the path again and began walking towards the coyote. This time the coyote stepped off the path — maybe some 40 feet — and let us by. When we looked back, the coyote was back on the path continuing its journey away from us. We humans, apparently, had the right of way.
Please see: Coyote Blocking A Path; or Feeling Threatened by a Human Who Is Trying To Retrieve Their Dog Published May 29, 2010
