WEST SEATTLE COYOTES: Two sighting reports

First, one that came in late tonight, with photo, via text (206-293-6302 is our hotline):

Just wanted to share that a rather large coyote was spotted on 47th and Dakota around 9:30 pm.

This morning, Tom emailed about his sighting late Friday night: “I just wanted to report that last night I saw a coyote trotting down Jacobsen Road about 11:30. I’m not surprised given all the rabbits that have taken up residence around here.”

They do eat wildlife, but they also eat food that humans have provided, however inadvertently, as this study noted. So you can do your part to keep them at a distance by reducing those potential food sources.

3 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE COYOTES: Two sighting reports"

  • Prose August 20, 2023 (11:44 am)

    They can catch, kill and eat cats!  Be careful if you let your small dogs out in your yards, or are otherwise “free.”

  • Lea Black August 20, 2023 (3:13 pm)

    Keep pets in during the gloaming hours!  And if you compost. Keep it tightly covered! I see coyotes regularly at Lincoln Park! I sit in the middle of forested trails on my mobility scooter and they will circle me in a wide berth and sniff the air, I sit still and wait for them to pass!

  • Steve August 21, 2023 (5:40 pm)

    I have been trying to get my neighbors to keep their cats indoors. They come and eat the birds in my yard. If they coyotes come this way I’ll be pleased.

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