“...Connecticut, in case anybody else is wondering...”
“Coyote” and “Connecticut” somehow seem to NOT go together in the same sentence...
Colorado and Coyote, or Arizona and Coyote, however, yeah...
I’ve heard them howling here in N/W Ohio...
“Colorado and Coyote, or Arizona and Coyote, however, yeah...”
Texas, too. I saw a coyote run across the property back in the Spring.
As European inmigrants spread over the US, the range of the latter shrank down to practically nothing, short of Alaska & a few enclaves next to the Canadian and Mexican borders, such as Isle Royale in Lake Superior.
With the apex canine predator gone, the coyotes spread out to populate the wolves' former range. What was at one time a species that was almost unheard of east of the Mississippi, is now inhabiting every single state except Hawaii.
We have coyotes howling here in the deep woods of northern CT.
The only problem is that our dog likes to join them in song—sometimes in the middle of the night!
I’ve seen them strolling in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and near Land’s End there as well. They are everywhere now.
You are thinking of little miserable western coyotes. These are Eastern coyotes, also known as coywolves. About a hundred years ago the coyote bred with red wolf and a few dogs to create a much larger and stronger animal which has worked its way down the eastern seaboard in recent years. These things are at least fifty pounds and are not scared of hell. They are about 15-20% wolf and 5% domestic dog. They are a real and serious problem for farmers. They’ll go after a 1200-pound horse with rider on a sunny afternoon on the open. Ask me how I found that out.
We kill Yotes around here.....
CT is thick with coyotes, only they aren't the wimpy, scrawny kind you find out west. These New England coyotes have been breeding with Canadian red wolves and are both bigger and a little more handsome an animal.
Tennessee and coyote ... both ways.