Keeping Colorado Wild - Coyotes

Coyotes are extremely adaptable and live in many of our neighborhoods.  They hunt from sundown to sunup.  For the most part, they stay out of sight.  Usually they are fearful of humans and avoid us; but when they lose their fearfulness, problems occur.

If coyotes can make a better living and feel comfortable in our neighborhoods, they will abandon the wilds and hang around our houses and outbuildings and become obnoxious or worse.  When they are here, they may rummage through garbage, eat leftover pet and bird food, injure or kill our pets and approach humans.

The bad news is that research has shown that there is no way to make a coyote fearful of humans again once it has lost its fear.

The good news is that there are ways for adults and older children to reinforce fear of humans in coyotes.  The video below demonstrates many.

We in Colorado want our wildlife wild - not extinct.  Please help.

photo provided by Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife

photo provided by Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife

photo provided by Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife

Click here to see a great coyote video.  Hit the left arrow to return.  The video is called "Being Coyote Wise - Living with Urban Coyotes."  It is provided by the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife.

Coyotes Partying across the Ditch

Last night something unusual was going on in Coyote Land (the vacant 60-acre parcel behind our house and across the ditch) as the coyotes were howling and yipping off and on from sundown to daybreak.  From the sounds of it, there were several adults and lots of teenaged pups.

These critters usually vocalize only when the local train whistles at crossings and police cars, fire trucks and ambulances run their sirens.

Maybe the coyotes were meeting up with cousins from nearby creeks, parks, ranch land or open space.  Or perhaps they were visiting from Lookout Mountain or the foothills.