3:00 snapshot #1143 Coyote warnings

[urbpan]

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.

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[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

we suspect a coyote got into the paddock where my horses are, and bit one of the old mares, who apparently kicked it to kingdom come. she had two puncture wounds on her leg, and there was blood on the ground and up in her mane. i've seen traces in the forest, but no live specimens yet.