WEST SEATTLE COYOTES: North and south sightings

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Two coyote sightings to report – first, we got two separate reports from 45th and Holgate this past hour of what’s alost certainly the same coyote – Sean sent a phto:

I wanted to alert y’all that I spotted a coyote just now wandering in Admiral on 45th and Holgate at 7:30 pm. A lot of cats live on that block so I want to make sure people are aware!

George’s note came in after Sean’s, but his sighting was a bit earlier: “Just pulled up at my home and saw coyote in broad daylight walking down sidewalk on SW Holgate St between 44th and 45th SW. It headed east on Holgate, then took a left turn when it reached California SW and headed north past assisted living facility.”

UPPER FAUNTLEROY: This texted photo came with a report about a sighting last Wednesday:

This was at 45th and Hemlock, east of and uphill from central Lincoln Park.

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Susan July 21, 2026 (1:18 am)

I need some of these daylight visitors to come to my yard for rabbit lunches!!

divine July 21, 2026 (9:04 am)

That 45th and Hemlock photo is beautiful. Pure art. I’ve said it before, but I love how the WSB coyote pictures come across in general. Our culture is quite self-absorbed and removed from nature. I see these images as something much bigger than a threat to our pets. I see them as breaking through that barrier, a sign of a better future where our self-importance reflected in driving our bikes on the back of our SUVs to consume nature-as-a-service (NaaS) fails spectacularly.

Scarlett July 21, 2026 (10:10 am)

Beautiful aesthetics aside, they are wild animals and they don’t care whether they are chewing on Fluffy, your child – or your leg. We are aren’t driving them away, they are thriving in the urban interface where they face few if any natural predators and there is an ample food supply. And, the human-coyotes interactions aren’t always precious and adorable. They are here and here to stay, but I don’t want to see a coyote making off with someone’s dog or cat, anymore than I want to watch a pod of Orcas carve up a whale calf.

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