My ex-neighbor in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Woods put this on her Facebook a little while ago: "GP Woods residents. Those near Brys/Roslyn/Aline. An alert has been sent for a large coyote on 1700 block of Brys. Police searching for it. Watch your pets." This neighborhood is not rural by any means. Last year an across the street ex-neighbor had a good sized dog killed by a coyote. Pretty wierd.....
Dave I have been so blessed to be raised with a portion of my upbringing out in the woods. As a child we would head to the glades away from Miami and camp among the cypress knees. We would hunt which meant us kids would sit together in a stand making lots of noise until dad got back a few hours later. In this time a coyote was something Marlin Perkins showed us on Mutual of Omaha out west. I now manage a land investment eight square miles 250 Miles north of Miami and expect to see coyotes on a daily basis, it's the weirdest thing because they seemingly moved in without being invited and are here to stay. I saw one running last week and my mechanic claims to have seen a pack of five together just the other day. It seems in the late 80's they worked their way south and have become a major factor into Florida wildlife.
Here in non-rural central Indiana, we've had numerous coyote sightings. A week or so ago, I saw run quickly across the street in front of me as I was pulling into the main entrance to our neighborhood. We live in an area surrounded by woods and near a river. We have lots of deer and obviously some coyotes. The Indy newspaper has had a few articles the last couple of years about the growing presence of coyotes in the metro area.
:idea: Coyotes have become urban animals. They're in our neighborhoods here and I have lots of coyote stories. Example: forty years ago, my car wouldn't start after a game at Dodger Stadium, which is on top of a park overlooking downtown Los Angeles. As we became the only car left in the parking lot, it became filled with hungry, howling coyotes that moved in to eat the trash. I could barely hear them, because my wife was howling at me even louder. She didn't have the great sense of humor in those days that she later developed...
We've got them here in my area and I'm only five miles from the beach. We also have them in Chatham, Cape Cod which is right on the tip of the elbow of the Cape. I can hear them howling at night in the salt marshes. One late night we were driving through the center of Chatham and a coyote came trotting down the street heading the other way.
Good thing they don't attack people because there are so many that would be a pretty huge problem. They sure as hell will attack and eat your pets though and its an every year occurrence in the Crosse Pointe area of Detroit.
Got 'em here. One attacked a guy on a riding mower, of all things, who was taking care of property around an empty office building. I figure he got near a nest of pups or something 'cause that really is unusual.