UrbanCoyoteSquared: GALLERY
Here are some photos showing instantaneous slices of urban coyote life: the most urban-saturated part of it. Most of their activity, of course, is in the parks and pretty hidden, but the glimpses you see here show that they are around-and-about beyond the parks.
If you click on any of the photos, you’ll be able to see them enlarged and as a slide-show. My photos are for everyone’s use, but you must ask permission, give me credit and tell me where you’ve put it/them. These are the conditions of use. This gallery consists of zoomed-in squares of larger photos. If you want a larger file, a different crop zoomed either in or out, and/or with the watermark moved or made smaller please contact me through a comment — comments are monitored, so I won’t publish these here! Janet
-
- pick up small dogs and walk away
Nov 08, 2017 @ 06:04:49
Wow!!! Amazing photos. Some really beautiful and intimate shots. Thank you for creating deep connections with Coyote and sharing them.
Nov 11, 2017 @ 19:57:48
Thank you, Cindie! Janet
May 11, 2020 @ 03:09:24
Hi! I live in a relatively remote area of Kansas that is an expansive grazing area that has a significant population of coyotes. What I think is a pair of coyotes are having interesting interactions with my 80 lb dog that is half doberman and equal parts of german shepard, wolf, malamute and husky. She is a large athletic dog. Five acres of my property is enclosed by invisible fence so to keep my dogs home. When the coyotes drop by my dog runs toward them barking with her back up. She can only go up to the edge of the fence so the interaction is limited geographically. The coyotes respond with their backs up and typically stand their ground or move off a short distance until my dog turns and goes back toward the house. Regularly one of the coyotes will go under the barbed wire fence to follow her for awhile until my dog turns back and runs towards them. It appears to be some sort of territorial dance. The coyotes do not seem particular aggressive or scared perhaps because they have determined the dog can not go further. They will do this repeatedly until I call my dog home.
Last year we had an adolescent (I think) coyote that would trot through the paths that are mowed in the very tall native grass yipping. He would go a little while and yip, a little further and another yip. The coyotes have tended to be silent here unless they are howling. The first time I heard it I thought that it was an injured dog. I have lived out here for 30 years and that was the first for that. It happened regularly enough that we referred to him as Yippy.
I would be interested in a recommendation for a book or two on coyote behavior because this is fascinating. I know there is something being communicated and I would like to know what. Thanks in advance for your recommendations and for your great web page. Coyotes and wolves get a bad rap.
May 11, 2020 @ 19:03:45
Hi Patricia —
Actually, the most complete information you are going to get is from this blog. For starters you could watch my presentation: https://youtu.be/mr8XmM1bi70. There’s a posting on “voicings” or vocalizations which you mention in your comment, and plenty of information of coyotes and dogs. If you have particular questions, please feel free to ask. Without being there to see exactly what is going on, I can’t really assess why “Yippy” is vocalizing this way. Also, each coyote is different and may come up with their own way of coping with the stress of having dogs charge towards them in that area. Then again, the fella may simply be testing, provoking, your dog who, so far, stops short at an invisible fence-line.