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!
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in presentation, slide presentation
Reminder: My slide talk about our San Francisco coyotes is coming up in just ten days! I’ll be explaining their population structure and distribution, family life and interactions, and how to understand and diminish dog encounters — all based on my own observations here in San Francisco. I’ll also talk briefly about the coyotes in the Park Branch Library neighborhood.
*WHERE: Park Branch Library Meeting Room
1833 Page Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(Limited parking in neighborhood)
Janet “The Coyote Lady” Kessler is a self-taught naturalist who has spent nearly two decades conducting daily field research documenting urban coyote behavior and family life. In this presentation, Kessler will share her first-hand information, compassion and love for the animals, as she tells you what you need to know about them.
Visit the San Francisco Public Library site: https://sfpl.org/events/2024/08/31/presentation-citizen-coyotes-san-francisco
04 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in exhibit
This educational coyote photo exhibit went up, appropriately, before Father’s Day, and was entitled, “Pops & Pups: Perpetual Motion” to show the interactions between a father coyote and his very young pups. The aim, as with all of my work efforts, has been to counter the bad rap coyotes have been receiving, and to open people’s minds and hearts to these co-inhabitants of our city. A photo is worth a thousand words, and my photos have the capacity to help people understand, accept and even embrace our coyotes as individuals and as a population — at a distance, of course!
For the last 17 years I’ve dedicated myself to getting this information — all documented first-hand with my camera — to the public through exhibits, informational slide presentations, one-on-one chats with folks in the parks, flyers, 3″ guideline cards, videos, my blog and my Instagram accounts — I’ve been filling a void that many people have asked me to fill. The exhibit has been abruptly cancelled as of this weekend by our Park Department for criticizing their handling of the Botanical Garden incident, as can be read in previous postings.
