Ours get started every night right behind the pool. You can tell when there are young ones, they will start yapping and mama gets them quiet quickly!

We see and hear them often. We have field cameras out and have a beautiful picture of a momma and two babies.. beautiful picture..

I see three every evening at sunset and early morning around 7:45. They walk the train rails. Very interesting to watch with binoculars.

1. believe it or not, we had one here in se mi...heard mama duck yapping away on our tiny creek...here was one trying to get fresh duck dinner...

We hear them a lot at night in summer: a howling pack. When we moved here in 1975 they were so rare it made the local papers when a hunter killed one. (He shot it because he didn't know what it was. Nice, huh?) But they certainly have multiplied. Farmers tell me dogs sometimes join the pack, mate with the coyotes, and produce "coydogs." They're a danger to cats for other reasons.

I think I've spotted coyotes, or coywolves. I saw one sunning itself out in a field and seemed like it was bigger than a fox (which we see almost daily).

They're everywhere nowadays.

I see them often in my area. I used to hear them every night, but when the drought was at its worst, I think they retreated to a nearby wildlife refuge.

Wild coyotes in San Francisco’s Golden GatePark and residential neighborhoods have
killed pets and are creating growing concern among residents.

https://sfbay.ca/2016/03/24/coyote-attacks-spook-san-francisco-dog-owners/

Think I mentioned I live in the woods. We have Coyote. Generally we don't see much of them unless the pack is fighting over a kill (deer). One night last summer I couldn't sleep, it was around 3AM so I took my pillow went out back to sit on the patio. I heard growling and looked across the yard about 6 feet at the woods line and there he stood, the coyote staring at me making a low growl...I darn near pooped myself as these guys usually run off when they see humans..I stood up making myself look tall and yelled go home, I read that somewhere, it snarled again and I yelled louder GO HOME...it turned and left. I was shaken. Its rare at least around here for coyote to let humans see them. I've never seen the mean coyote again lol

That's the stuff of nightmares, mama!

We've got them in my neighborhood; I see them fairly frequently in my backyard and hear them yipping at night.

My neighbor was throwing rocks at one and hit the neighbors kitchen window.....or so he says. I think he was throwing rocks at deer. :0)

In our neighborhood you can go out on most late Winter / early Spring nights and hear young pups barking like mad. I suspect this is when prey has been delivered to the den. They are within a mile of our house but haven't moved much closer in many years, perhaps because most of our neighbors have very vocal outside dogs.

We built an 8-ft. welded-wire fence around our property to protect our pets, while respecting the right of other wildlife to roam the neighborhood.

A limestone quarry is in the early stages of being built here in Vincent, and there are many developments closing in on other sides of our town. I am concerned as to which direction the coyotes, fox, wolves and mountain lions will follow (yes, mountain lions).

I'm also concerned about the deer, 'possom, beavers, ground hogs, skunks, etc. Armadillos NOT SO MUCH ;-) I see their carcasses spread along the roadside increasingly every day.

It is a shame that the human animal cannot reach a solution that allows us to co-exist with other inhabitants of the planet Earth (forms both human and "animal").

We have coyote here in our woods and often see them on the edge of the woods or crossing a street. They do all they can to get away from humans. I have never heard of a coyote attacking a person. Now wolves......they scare me.

We're in the country and of course have seen and heard them in the distance for quite a while. Had not seen one in our back yard until just recently though. DH put up a game cam and we caught it on the camera. No doubt about it, he's been roaming close to the house.

I run frequently on our country roads and once encountered one crossing the road about 25 feet in front of me. This was in the middle of the morning. A house had been under construction close by and I'm fairly certain his habitat had been uprooted. He just went on his way& I went on mine.

I have a FB friend who has a pet coyote named Natasha. She has her own FB page. She lives in the house with a cat. There are many videos of them playing together. The cat instigates the play. They are great friends.

Several years ago a man asked me to take some coyote pups he had raised. I refused due to my cats. He dumped them out here anyway. They were half grown and two joined up with wild coyotes. One stayed here for months. I fed him every day back in the woods. He never bothered anything here. I was very fond of him.

We have a mated pair of ducks that try to hatch eggs in our front spirea bush. The same coyote eats the eggs every spring. The ducks will return soon and Mr. Coyote will make his spring visit.

We have had coyotes since we moved here, the Santa Cruz mts, 30 years ago. We use to hear them singing every night, but not so much for the last ten years. I see them in the fields and woods and even walking along the road. A lot of neighborhood cats have gone missing. I would not have an outdoor cat here. I have also seen bobcats and mountain lions.

Caflowerluver, we just had a spotting in our (SJ) neighborhood last week--it was in the mid-morning.

Bob, do your really have a fox hunting club near you? I thought that was illegal now...

There are a lot of coyotes in southern CA. Many are urban coyotes and are not afraid of humans; plenty of wild ones, too.. Growing up here, I never used to hear about any attacks. But they have become more frequent in recent years--they number about 12-14 per year now. Usually children are the targets. They take a lot of pets. People get upset and demand that they be kill--but studies have shown that killing them exasperates the problem, rather than fixes it.

This one hunt is regularly seen hunting for rodents in a nearby wilderness park.

We have them here in southern California. They have attacked children, especially babies and toddlers left unattended, and family pets disappear frequently because they were outside. We have been inundated with rabbits this year, and I think that means our coyotes are eating well.

The first summer after we put down our Westie we had a huge bulge in the rabbit and squirrel populations. (No more 'dog scent'.) Happily, coyote took care of that for us. When we used to have too many deer, that was also balanced by coyote. (Then our local alderman decided to hunt them -- in between the houses -- in the hours before dawn. Mr. Bow Hunter was using a rifle for this!)

ourhighlandhome -- I think you've explained the mad yapping I heard recently. By the time I opened the back door to try to trace the sound, silence reigned. I guess dinner had been served. We live along a small creek and deerpath.

I'm curious about using coyote as plural of coyote. I looked it up and everything I found said it was coyotes. We have lots of them around us -- they yap and howl and the dogs answer them in kind. It makes for a vocal evening.

Keep small pets and children indoors unless attended. We've had some living behind the house across the street for years. They control the rodent and feral cat population.

sjerin, no, foxhunting isn't illegal -- but, are you familiar with how it works here? I wasn't until recently. I stumbled upon Rita Mae Brown's foxhunting 'cozy-mystery' series. Brown mixes fox lore (and hound, and horse) sense into her novels. Now I understand that fox hunt clubs work hard to maintain healthy and free-roaming fox populations. Her books are a fun way to learn about nature and diversity in the Blue Ridge area.

Bob, have you read them yet? She's from your neck of the woods.

They can easily jump over walls. They will eat anything they can find, even fallen fruit. We have them in our suburban neighborhood. They always look thin and ratty. Recently in So. CA 3 coyotes attacked a large dog (mastiff) who was being walked on a leash. The dog is ok but in quarantine.

nickel_kg, I have read a few of her books, but not very many. I have met her a few times at social functions at our club house, and my wife has gone on a couple of joint hunts hosted by Rita Mae. At one point in the hunt someone from her hunt group was on a short ladder handing glasses of champagne to the riders of the hunt.

As far as I'm aware not a single fox has been killed this year by our group's hounds. It is mostly an organized group trail ride, where the route is determined by a pack of hounds. Also the hunt season ends in early March (IIRC) to avoid the possibility of encountering fox pups.

I'll be checking those books at the library. Thanks for the mention, nickel.

Bon_cville... where are you? Have been told coyote sightings are not all that rare here in the middle of NJ. SIL moved to AZ not long ago, She commented on how her little dog would be able to go outside without a leash, since backyard has a wall around it. I'm not an expert, but warmed her that a 6 wall is probably for all that high for a coyote?? Then she mentioned Great Horned Owls... her chihuahua would quickly become a "snack" for either predator!

Coyotes, skunks, and raccoons are well-suited to living in urban areas. According to Wiki's entry on 'urban coyotes', there's 2,000 coyotes in the Greater Chicago area. Having grown up in Chicago, I'm pretty impressed; those are some tough coyotes, LOL!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_coyote

A 6 foot wall is not going to keep out coyotes.

I live in So CA. We frequently have coyotes in my condo development. A few of them have attacked small dogs on leashes.

A couple of years ago, there was a gray squirrel gathering acorns in our yard. While I was watching it from the kitchen window, a coyote dashed out of the bushes, grabbed the squirrel and took off into the woods. It happened so fast, that for a minute I wasn't even sure that I saw what I had seen! (seen what I saw?)

Not a coyote, but my nearest neighbor captured this bear on his wildlife cam at 4:00 in the morning a few months ago. Yikes!

Last night around 2 A.M. I was awakened by multiple coyote howling at the same time.

It sounded about like the audio in this Youtube video:

Later on in the night I saw 40 or 50 coyotes running in a tight pack along the crest of a hill, but that part was likely just a dream since it was narrated by James Earl Jones. :-)

lol I thought 40-50 would be a crazy huge pack! Usually, if they hunt with more than a pair, it is fewer than 10 in a pack.

I took this picture at 7:30 am on Twin Peaks in San Francisco. I said to myself, that's not a gray doggie!

Last night around 11:00 I walked from the house to the barn, and brought a flashlight with me. As I walked along the driveway I shone the flashlight down the hill toward the edge of the woods about 100 feet away, and saw several pairs of eyes shining back at me. I realize now they were probably white-tailed deer, watching carefully to see whether/when they should run away, but at the time I was convinced they were coyotes watching for me to turn my back so they could make their move.

I found a site that lists the "eyeshine" color of various animals, and for deer it says "Silvery with green or yellow tinge" and for coyote is says "Yellow-green", so that's not very helpful.

Also I just noticed that later on in that list it included the following:

Mammal....................... Seals............ Red......Dull

Reptile...........................Alligator.........Red..... Bright Red-orange to bright pink

Other.............................Bigfoot...........Red

Other.............................Vampire.........Red

Good to know in case I'm ever in Bigfoot country or Transylvania

klseiverd - I live a few towns over from you, closer to the Betsy Ross and I've seen them in my own yard. One night DH and I took our dogs out on leashes before going up to bed. I happened to glance toward the side of the yard and underneath 2 large pine trees I spied a pair of coyotes. I called to DH who told me toget a good grip on the leash and to get back in the house - I turned back to see them and they were gone Almost like they faded into the night.

A few nights later I was taking my trash can to the curb and looked the street and saw a pair crossing underneath the street light. I was curious and called the NJ wildlife commission and the fellow who answered the phone just chuckled and said coyotes were in every town and village in NJ - both rural and urban. We've also seen red foxes.

We see them occasionally at our place in the mountains in NE PA - but there we expect to see them.

Due to differences in placement, the distance between the eyes should be greater for deer than a coyote. Cannot help with Bigfoot eye spans though! lol