Information and stories about San Francisco coyotes: behavior & personality, coexistence & outreach, by Janet Kessler: Unveiling first-hand just how savvy, social, sentient and singular coyotes really are!
14 Oct 2017 5 Comments
by yipps:janetkessler in affection, care for the young, coyote behavior, coyote parenting, ears, family interactions, father coyote behavior, grooming, group activity, social behavior, social interactions
Coyote fathers are totally involved in the raising of their youngsters. Here, Dad and five-month-old son spend a few moments watching the goings-on around them before Dad then grooms the pup — probably removing ticks — and then son prods Dad for some food, unsuccessfully.
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About My Site and Me: This website reflects my 16 years of intense, careful, and dedicated field-work — empirical observations — all photo-documented without interfering or changing coyotes’ behaviors. Be welcome here, enjoy, and learn!
Coyotes reappeared in San Francisco in 2002 after many years of absence, and people are still in the dark about them. This site is to help bring light to their behavior and offer simple guidelines for easy coexistence.
My information comes from my own first-hand observations of our very own coyotes here in San Francisco. They have not been studied or observed so thoroughly by anyone else. Mine is not generic information, nor second-hand.
Note that none of the coyotes I document and photograph is “anonymous” to me: I know (or knew) each one of them, and can tell you about their personalities, histories, and their family situations. There have been over 100 of them, distributed among over twenty families, all in San Francisco. Images and true stories have the power to raise awareness and change perspective.
Contact: Janet@coyoteyipps.com
© All information and photos in my postings come from my own original and first-hand documentation work which I am happy to share, with permission and with properly displayed credit: ©janetkessler/coyoteyipps.com.
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Coyote Yipps 
Oct 14, 2017 @ 04:25:52
So sweet!
Oct 14, 2017 @ 13:34:29
Really enjoy getting up close and personal with them via your photos!
Oct 14, 2017 @ 17:15:43
Thanks! Great photos.
Oct 17, 2017 @ 18:37:11
What a good father. I didn’t know coyote fathers were as devoted as wolf fathers since coyotes don’t have the pack structure like wolves do. It’s nice to see those photos. Thanks.
Oct 17, 2017 @ 19:11:04
Coyotes live in families, so a pack is always a family, and it has a pretty rigid social structure, with the parents at the top: sometimes it’s the mom who is *top dog* and sometimes it’s the dad. I don’t know much about gray wolf social structure, but maybe now is the time to find out! Thanks for your comment! Janet