urbpan: (dandelion)
urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2012-12-10 08:17 pm

3:00 snapshot #1143 Coyote warnings



Here are two coyote warnings posted by an anonymous citizen several months removed from one another. Not quite a year ago Alexis and I saw one cross the street as we were walking the dogs--probably the biggest I've ever seen. I saw two together a few weeks or so, about a half mile from the house; the next day Alexis saw one dead on the road near that spot. Coyotes are definitely becoming more common in Massachusetts, especially in human-populated environments. The person posting the signs mostly seems concerned about the loose cats in the neighborhood--there are a half dozen or so that we see regularly. The big white one disappeared over the summer.

[identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com 2012-12-11 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
That would be smart (and delicious!) of them. We have seen a few turkeys in the hood as well. While tracking peacocks I have made note of their dietary habits. I can verify the following prey items: many rabbits, at least one rat, some cracked corn, one peacock.