The Coyote
The Coyote
Dog-like but not house bound-
Wild but urban, too-
Roaming slyly the woods or streets
Surviving- shrewd, speedy hunters
The coyote comes in varied shapes and sizes around an urban woods. Many have mated with domestic dogs and the breeding has diversified many of their characteristics. Generally, they resemble a miniaturized shepherd, brown with darker black tinges of fur, but they sometimes have the scraggly look of an ancient Old Yeller. During the spring, the high yips of the young can be heard racing along through the underbrush. They mate in deep fall and the litters usually arrive in the middle of winter. By spring the pups are ready to learn to hunt and survive on their own. Coyotes are not given to long periods of nurturing their young like wolves.
Coyotes hunt small game and are known to enter urban areas to snatch pet cats or small dogs from unsuspecting owners. They hunt in the muffled light of early dawn usually. However, if hungry, they will continue to hunt until satisfied. Females will hunt longer when feeding her litter. They try to establish their lairs in the undergrowth, usually near wetland or a source of water. They depend on their speed for defense, dodging in and about trails that they have established and know. They can also be brazen, marching up urban streets in broad daylight, looking for easy game and depending on their speed to let them escape capture.
“Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to.”
N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/coyote
www.desertusa.com/june96/du_cycot.html
Dog-like but not house bound-
Wild but urban, too-
Roaming slyly the woods or streets
Surviving- shrewd, speedy hunters
The coyote comes in varied shapes and sizes around an urban woods. Many have mated with domestic dogs and the breeding has diversified many of their characteristics. Generally, they resemble a miniaturized shepherd, brown with darker black tinges of fur, but they sometimes have the scraggly look of an ancient Old Yeller. During the spring, the high yips of the young can be heard racing along through the underbrush. They mate in deep fall and the litters usually arrive in the middle of winter. By spring the pups are ready to learn to hunt and survive on their own. Coyotes are not given to long periods of nurturing their young like wolves.
Coyotes hunt small game and are known to enter urban areas to snatch pet cats or small dogs from unsuspecting owners. They hunt in the muffled light of early dawn usually. However, if hungry, they will continue to hunt until satisfied. Females will hunt longer when feeding her litter. They try to establish their lairs in the undergrowth, usually near wetland or a source of water. They depend on their speed for defense, dodging in and about trails that they have established and know. They can also be brazen, marching up urban streets in broad daylight, looking for easy game and depending on their speed to let them escape capture.
“Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to.”
N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/coyote
www.desertusa.com/june96/du_cycot.html
