[Leica] New York coyotes

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

They were common in the outskirts of San Diego when I was growing up, but I 
never got closer than about 100 yards from them. They were extremely 
skittish about humans and managed to avoid them and stay out of harm's way. 
As their habitat disappears, they are getting to be more brazen, I guess.

Jeffery

On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> Jeffery writes:
> 
> "Didn't New Yorkers have a coyote taking refuge in the soft drink section 
> of
> a cafe a few years back, trying to escape the heat? I need to Google that."
> 
> 
> Jeffery,
> 
> Coyotes are fairly common in the suburbs north of New York City and have
> ventured into the city itself. Within the last month one was captured by
> police in one of the city parks. Their favorite food is pussycats but they
> will eat any small animal they encounter. I have videos of one dismembering
> and munching on a small fawn that died about 20 yards from my back door. My
> wife and I thought at first that it was a mangy dog but a close look at the
> video showed that it was a coyote. There have been reports of coyotes
> interbreeding with dogs to produce "coydogs." I would be curious to see the
> offspring if one decided to mate with my neighbor's Pekinese.
> 
> Larry Z
> 
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