Another coyote caught on cam, and a side benefit

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Not quite as clear as the set of coyote photos published Friday night, but “Seacat,” who blogs at seacat.wordpress.com, added an interesting side note that made us want to share the pic:

This little coyote is a regular visitor in our yard; this picture was taken right outside my home office window. Since he’s been hanging around, we don’t have a problem with rats at the bird feeder–which also means the variety of birds has increased. That’s not just the coyote, of course, but he fills out a tiny eco-system in our backyard wildlife sanctuary and things are improved with his presence. We live over by Lincoln Park, and welcome our coyote co-habitants. It’s all good!

4 Replies to "Another coyote caught on cam, and a side benefit"

  • d-san May 12, 2008 (12:33 pm)

    Gentle reminder folks: please keep your cats inside if you have coyotes in your area. My boss started his Monday morning picking up what was left of someone’s cat in his backyard at around 6am today. No collar in the area (or it was consumed).

  • ML May 12, 2008 (2:49 pm)

    He’s cute!

  • linasenzerrose May 12, 2008 (8:48 pm)

    yay- finally a positive note on coyote in seatte, they can play a wonderful role in our ecosystem if we treat them with respect and are realistic about the fact thay they are wild animals (just like racoons that last i heard end up harming cats more often than coyotes do)

  • Cass Nevada May 13, 2008 (5:01 pm)

    True re raccoons–many a cat in our neighborhood has been on the losing end of a fight with a raccoon. And that holds true for other neighborhoods I’ve lived in. I’m not sure that coyotes aren’t getting tagged with some problems that aren’t theirs.
    At any rate, we have two cats and keep them indoors–mainly so we can get more songbirds to stick around. Indoor cats are good in all kinds of ways.

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