On 9/6/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd heard that coyotes are in this area, but I'd never seen one...until > about 20 minutes ago. I was sitting in my office when one strolled by my > window, not more than 20 feet from me. It was bigger than a fox, and not > the normal red color of our foxes, and when I came back and looked up > pictures, I'm sure. Aren't they supposed to be nocturnal? It's 12:30pm > here.
We see them regularly here, during the day often. At night they seem to pack together and do their yipping. But I've never had a problem w/ one at all--it's been owls, foxes and stray dogs that have harmed our poultry. The horses don't bother with them, just watch them, and they never bother the horses. They are too busy hunting mice and rabbits in the pasture! I have heard of them pack-hunting a dog, and I've seen one very hungry one go after a neighbor's dog, but other than that, they mind their own business. I wouldn't worry about it. Robyn S
