From Amy in Brace Point:
Saw this on my Ring cam footage (Tuesday) morning. Looks like a coyote trotting through our back yard around 1 am.
The video gets grainy after that clear opening frame but you can see the short clip here. We’ll note again that we publish sighting reports for education and awareness, not alarm; if you’re new to living with coyotes, state wildlife authorities offer info and advice here.
Healthy and well-fed youngster, apparently not experienced with motion sensor lights (at least on that porch). Lots of backyard fruit has met its demise in the belly of this fella’.
I have noticed less rabbits in West Seattle. Are the coyotes eating the rabbits or do they go into hibernation?
I have noticed that too. A few years ago the coyotes just disappeared, and then rabbits appeared. Now coyotes are here again, and I don’t see as many rabbits. I do see a few of them early in the morning around 5am as of yesterday. I lived here for decades, and I never saw a rabbit in West Seattle that wasn’t a lost pet. What is going on?
Coyotes do eat rabbits, and can definitely help keep the rabbit population in check. Rabbits do not hibernate.
I lived in Brace Point in the mid 80’s where I sometimes got to see a beautiful fox in my headlights in the middle of the night as I headed into the office for on-call. Wish we still had those living here too.
Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if they are still around. Vulpes vulpes tend to be very skiddish than their coyote conterparts but are among one of the most successful mammals when it comes to living among people. I would actually like to see if we could do a cage trapping survey (basically trap and release) of the predatory wildlife in West Seattle. I think a lot of people would be amazed at what lives among us (give them an idea why it’s not smart to let “domesticated animals” out for too long unattended). I am so proud at how Seattle has integrated nature within the city and only can hope that they are responsible enough to not have knee jerk reactions from seeing such amazing animals among us. A glimpse of a true Seattlite.
Plants matter. Water is life. Trees 88 per cent. Incects 11 point nine. Humans 0.01. excuse the English. Survival of the Fittest in the animal world pack of wolves don’t fight fair.
I see them frequently! They are resident of Lincoln Park where they have an abundance of food! Keep your pets inside during the gloaming hours(early morning prior to dawn and early evening prior to dark) and keep composts covered!they are incredibly shy animals as long as you don’t approach them! I often sit with them in the park and we observe one another
I’ve seen coyotes all over the city for the last 3 decades… West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Mt. Baker, Highland Park, Alki, and Delridge. You’ve seen those homemade signs advertising a missing pet every now and then? For the most part they aren’t coming back. My sister lost her cat to a large bird of prey… it happens a lot more than you think. Not really a reason to get mad at predators they’re just doing what they do as a predator species. It’s the owners fault they didn’t look after their pet.
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