coyotes

Coyotes in Cambridge

adamg — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:44:12 -0400

Bill Phillips files this report via e-mail from ~~the wilds of Montana~~ Central Square:

For the last three nights, I have heard the most outlandish noise at some point - it didn't last very long, and I didn't note the time (i think I was - uncharacteristically - in bed each time - pretty drowsy in any case).

The first time I thought it was some very strange sort of dog someone might have been walking very early in the morning.

The second time I thought pretty much the same.

Last night, it was louder and closer, and much more like a series of high-pitched howls, more or less in groups of two (howl ... howl ... longish pause ... repeat), and at first I thought of some sort of large bird - a huge owl? - but it was similar enough to the other nights that I also thought "dog", but strange, which led me to think "coyote".

I looked up coyote howls on the web just now, and am virtually certain that was what it was (a quite weird sound if you care to look it up, btw).

It was quite nearby, could even have been in the side yard of our apartment building.

Coyotes in:
Somerville | Watertown | Allston | The North End | East Boston

Marsh pups

adamg — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:31:49 -0400

Jorge ran across these coyote pups in Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston today.

Acme uses DHL now

adamg — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:42:41 -0500

Jim Walker photographs a coyote getting ready for a DHL drop off in Newton this morning.

Acme sets up shop in Somerville

adamg — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:38:10 -0500

Coyote spotted down by Powder House Park.

The Somerville News reports:

The prairie wolf eluded police and animal control officers as he ran through the Max Pak site, Highland Road and Boston Avenue.

Wily coyote avoids capture on Brighton Ave.

adamg — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:43:44 -0500

Despite ruthless media onslaught.

Via Brighton Centred.

Poor coyote will wake up somewhere and be really confused

adamg — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:22:44 -0500

Jef Taylor, the Urban Pantheist, considers the case of the North End coyote:

... They are going to release it "to the wild" whatever that means. A Coyote found that far into Boston didn't wander there from the Worcester Hills. This guy was a local, and as far as he was concerned, he was in the wild. Nonetheless, the belief that the city is NOT wildlife habitat must be protected at costs, no matter that the wildlife continues to view it as such. He'll be let go someplace woodsy, wondering just what happened. ...

Coyote captured in North End

adamg — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:07:51 -0500

Taken alive on North Washington Street near the Charlestown bridge yesterday.

Coyotes in East Boston

adamg — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:32:54 -0500

The fresh snow provided plenty of evidence of plenty of coyotes in Belle Isle Marsh, Jorge reports.

Round up the young'uns and the toy poodles!

adamg — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:58:10 -0400

Slavering, blood-fanged coyote beast at Mt. Auburn Cemetery looking for a midday snack. Well, a cool photo of a coyote at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, at any rate.

Our newest tourist attraction

adamg — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:02:13 -0400

Oh, look: Now tourists are taking pictures of our rats.

Speaking of rats, you know what eats them? Cats and coyotes! And it seems we have tons of both these days, although urban-coyote researchers say the canines sometimes eat the felines:

... "We've found all kinds of stuff in their scat - cats, seals [on Cape Cod], fruit, food wrappers, you name it." Strauss suggests coyotes' most important competitors in urban areas may be feral cats and that these predators coexist by foraging at different times of day. ...

Ed. squeamish note: A few days ago, somebody posted a photo of a dead rat in Somerville with a 2x4 through it. Sorry, I just can't bring myself to link to that. Blecch!