Neighborhood Coyote

We have coyotes in my neighborhood.  It's actually quite neat to hear the yipping and see them around in the early mornings.  Though I've been told stories of a big male that has jumped into a yard, snatched chickens from a porch, and ripped up a boxer, the coyotes have been pretty good to us since we've moved into the area.

 

Of course, our chickens are kept in a predator-proof hardware cloth coop with a welded wire fence, the scent of several dogs, and another chain-link fence as barriers, but still that's nothing to a real determined coyote.



This coyote was a regular up until the 4th of July.

A crop of the coyote

I think the neighbors setting off fireworks in their pond scared him (her?) off from the area.  The Poongsans and Jindos haven't given their special "There's a Coyote here!" bark lately.

I hope he hasn't been shot for going after small dogs.  Some neighbor's visitors were letting their small dogs loose in the street which means prime coyote bait.  The Poongsans have been letting me know about it with their special "There's a dog that shouldn't be loose!" bark.  Sometimes their owners catch on and retrieve their dogs, and sometimes they don't.