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As an early morning runner in SF, I see coyotes in SF every week or two, including at Twin peaks as mentioned in the article. One morning in Golden Gate Park I
by as-j 7y ago
As an early morning runner in SF, I see coyotes in SF every week or two, including at Twin peaks as mentioned in the article. One morning in Golden Gate Park I warned a few people walkings dogs since there were about 4 coyotes around the corner.
From my first hand experience, I'd assume any wooded area with cover in SF has a coyote living there.
- etrk 7y agoCoyote sightings were a regular occurrence on my NextDoor feed long before the quarantine.
- justin66 7y agoNextdoor is essentially a nationwide service for people to share coyote sightings in their neighborhood. No matter where they are, people won't shut up about them.
- nradov 7y agoMy neighbors on Nextdoor constantly complain about coyotes eating their cats. Yet they seem to resent my suggestions to keep cats inside.
- asveikau 7y agoNot only that, many SF parks have signs warning about this, even years before the pandemic. That they would wander out of the wooded areas is no shock. A couple years ago I saw one strolling along the sidewalk in the Presidio not far from Main Post, acting more or less the same way a tourist would.
- pottertheotter 7y agoI lived in the Presidio not too long ago and I would see and hear them all the time. That was a fun place to live.
- jwilliams 7y agoSame. I even regularly see a few at Coit Tower.
- stevula 7y agoThere have been sightings in Corona Heights too (pretty far from GGP)
- the-dude 7y agoHow appropriate.
- rodgerd 7y agoI took the opportunity to visit Glen Canyon Park last time I was in San Francisco, after a local recommended to me, and it was a wonderful interlude in my visit; they had signs up noting that there would be coyotes about at twilight; alas I was there mid-day and didn't get to see them. I did, however, get to see hummingbirds for the first (and so far only) time in my life.
- mc32 7y agoThat’s a great place for hikes. It’s got a seasonal creek and small wetlands. They’ve got signs posted about the local wildlife you can expect see. It’s a shame dogs aren’t limited to a given area as they drive away some wildlife.
- rodgerd 7y agoI envied the kids whose pre-school was in it. What a great way to spend your early childhood days! And I appreciated the signage for giving me some of the history and and pointers on what to keep an eye out for.
- bc07 7y agoI walk through there every morning and regularly run into them! They're most active around 6:45am-ish.
- dhanna 7y agoI'd see Coyotes relatively often when I'd go on insomnia walks through Outer Richmond and Golden Gate. They were pretty small though. I wouldn't want my Yorkie near them, but they were more like an oversized Fox.
- nijaru 7y agoI've seen them in the last year or two while driving through SF at night.
- starky 7y agoCoyotes are pretty adapted to city living. I know in my city (Vancouver) they are not uncommon to see, even in some pretty densely populated areas of town. I once had one walk right in front of me in a residential area one night, it wandered by so casually that I was sure it was a dog until I was about 5 feet from it.
- shadowprofile77 7y agoReading the comments just above I was just thinking of commenting the same thing for Vancouver, which is why I don't see the big issue with a sighting. In Vancouver when I lived there, they were almost a daily thing even in very urban areas far from a larger forest, and frequently ate pets too. Skunks too. Skunks everywhere and quite brazen for all their fat, waddly slowness.
- ctchocula 7y agoWhat advice do you have for dealing with coyotes when jogging? I've learned the hard way that running away tends to trigger their fight-or-flight reflex, which isn't good.
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoCoyotes are basically dogs with cat software. They’re pretty skiddish. Usually stomping or clapping will make them go away.
- as-j 7y agoThey've never bothered me, I treat them like any other wild animal, give them a wide berth, let them be, don't trap them, and don't turn my back on them. Normally they're going somewhere, and just let them go there. I worry about people with dogs since dogs can easily chase a coyote, corner it then get bitten or eaten if it's small enough.
- mariodiana 7y agoDo like Texas's former governor, Rick Perry—shoot it dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100501095227/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6978352.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100501095227/http://www.chron....
- m463 7y agoI've heard that some sorts of animals (racoons?) have moved onto the top of the Facebook buildings.