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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 7, 2012 - 12:57am PT
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Sitting in the living room surfing ST in semi darkness when the outside lights suddenly came on behind me. Looked out the window to see a huge coyote sauntering through the yard below me. Not one of them scrawny little J-Tree things, but the real deal.
We live in West Seattle, surrounded by green space, including a mile-long park across the street. We've often heard the coyotes, and one of them got our cat shortly after we moved in last fall (there was an eyewitness to that event), but I hadn't seen any of them until now.
Great big healthy-looking beast.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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This weekend I spent a fair amount of time watching two baby deer play in our yard, with occasional appearances by mommy. Got some pics and vids.
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laughingman
Mountain climber
Seattle WA
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I lived on the east side of lake washington for a time.... Yeah we have lots of "urban wildlife" I have even seen a little bobcat go bounding up the street.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2012 - 09:40am PT
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You guys need to get out of the city.
Now Eric, play nice. We'd just got back into the city a couple of hours before. Didn't see any thing bigger than a falcon when we were out in the mountains, so seeing the coyote was a treat.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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I saw a coyote in Downtown Boise a couple times....The Last was at 6th & Main.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Build a gun nest and protect your peppers!!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2012 - 12:19pm PT
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Just for reference, we don't live in some far-flung suburb, that has nothing but wilderness between the back door and the mountains. West Seattle is the oldest settled part of the city, and surrounded by close to 4 million people. However, there is a strip of wild land between our place and the Duwamish River, and our house itself is kind of isolated, with green space on three sides. But to get to any kind of real wild country, those coyotes would have to travel twenty miles.
They, like us, are urban folk.
had i my pellet gun handy i would have helped the king birds..
It's an odd thing, that. The crow has as much right to the kingbirds as the kingbirds have to whatever they eat. But there is an instinct to protect, isn't there? I loved my cat. She was part of the family. Had I been there, and armed, when the coyote attacked her I probably would have done whatever I could to protect her. But I hold no ill will toward the coyote.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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I don't know about those coyotes. I find it easier to PRAY in nature, which feels more like a church to me. But heck, since they're in it all the time I guess it might feel special and religious to come to a city?
Sorry for PREYing on you Ron, but khanom started it on this thread, I had to get my snappy comment in there too! Especially since I haven't climbed outside in at least a month now.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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how dare you insult a joshua tree coyote? if your seattle 'burbs had anything going for them, the sasquatches would move in. you can't even support independent coffee.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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I prey those evil wolves don't get Ghosts peppers.
Big fukking wolves with cocks THIS LONG!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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People who let cats run loose get no sympathy from a lizard and bird lover.
GO COYOTES!
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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People who let cats run loose get no sympathy from a lizard and bird lover.
+1
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 15, 2014 - 01:00am PT
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Ghost's peppers? How about this pecan thief?
And then he had the noive to have some salad at my pecan tree's expense!
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Apr 15, 2014 - 09:52am PT
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"The foxes are coming out of the woods to visit me, because I am a wild and crazy guy!"
(You really need to have Steve Martin's fake Czech accent to say this line.)
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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No coyotes in the yard lately. Maybe this is why:
It hopped a six-foot fence right next to the Kite Office to get into the yard. Then it took its time walking around.
I've been wondering why I haven't been seeing coyote signs ( piles of poo or chewed irrigation lines )
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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We have coyotes in downtown PDX at times, bears and mountain lions in the near suburbs.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2017 - 09:32am PT
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We need some coy wolves out here in the west.
The beast I reported in the opening post was big enough that we don't need any coy wolves here. I've never seen a coyote that size.
Also kind of weird to read this old thread (and quite a few others) with pieces missing. Khanom and Ron Anderson in this case.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Mr Milktoast writes::
"Are coyotes intimidated by bob cats, or vice versa? Or are they pretty much equal competitors?"
I hope it's the vice versa. Bobcats don't chew into irrigation lines like coyotes do, and they cover their sh#t.
I haven't been hearing the once-usual nighttime cacophony of coyote yips for a while, now that I think about it.
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