Coyotes

Coyote in the North End

By adamg - 11/14/23 - 10:05 pm

Sheafe and Snow Hill streets at 5:30 this morning.

Citizen complaint of the day: Roxbury corner needs more coyotes

By adamg - 10/16/23 - 11:45 am

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation at Bartlett Street and Lambert Avenue in Roxbury now that the coyotes that used to live there have moved on: Read more.

State biologist to give talk on coexisting with coyotes in Boston; probably won't mention old trick of painting tunnels on the side of large boulders

By adamg - 9/6/23 - 2:34 pm

Dave Wattles, MassWildlife's black-bear and furbearer biologist, will lead an online discussion on coyotes in Boston - how they got here, how they live and how the more bipedal among us can coexist with them, starting at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 19. Free registration required.

Coyote chases woman down Marcella Street in Roxbury; she is saved by rusty, noisy playground gate

By adamg - 5/23/23 - 9:13 am

Coyote in the outfield before it began its pursuit.

Sue O'Connell, yes, that Sue O'Connell, reports she was walking her dog at the Connolly ballfield at Marcella Park in Roxbury early this morning when she noticed what appeared to be a lost dog in the outfield. And then it began running at her and her pet and she realized that was no dog, it was a coyote. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Is a coyote pack in Hyde Park on the hunt for little kids?

By adamg - 1/18/23 - 11:10 pm

An alarmed citizen files a 311 report from suddenly dangerous Goff Street in Hyde Park, where coyotes have eaten two dogs and, he or she reports ominously, "reportedly tried to snatch a child at the bus stop." Read more.

A wily coyote saunters into the Back Bay, evades animal control for hours

By adamg - 1/12/23 - 9:59 pm

At one point, he looked behind to see if Animal Control was gaining on him.

Liz Robson had a roadrunner's-eye view for a few hours today of a coyote running around Back Street along Storrow Drive for several hours today, successfully evading Boston Animal Control, which apparently didn't have any fresh paint with which to create a tunnel on the side of the building to stun him. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Stalked by a menacing beast on Mission Hill

By adamg - 8/17/22 - 9:45 am

A distressed citizen files a 311 complaint about an ominous occurrence on Parker Hill Avenue along McLaughlin Playground on Mission Hill this morning: Read more.

Seems a bit cold for sunbathing, but, then, we're not wearing a fur coat

By adamg - 3/15/22 - 11:58 am

Owens408 spotted this coyote on the beach at H Street this morning - possibly the one that had been hanging out at Moakley Park.

Coyotes follow the Brookline path blazed by the turkeys

By adamg - 2/24/22 - 9:50 am

Greg Hunt lives in one of the more urbanized parts of Brookline, up near Packards Corner, and so was a bit surprised to look out his rear window this morning to see a coyote:

Bolted across our yard, got stuck at the far fence and quickly left the way it came (hopping a 3’ fence).

Keep your friends close and your small pets closer

By adamg - 1/31/22 - 9:26 pm

It's coyote mating season and they're out and about - like in the Arnold Arboretum at dusk: Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: The Moakley Park coyote is now trying to eat birds

By adamg - 12/29/21 - 10:00 pm

An alarmed South Boston citizen filed a 311 complaint this morning about the Moakley Park coyote's new and more aggressive behavior: Read more.

In South Boston, somebody's thinking goose for Thanksgiving dinner

By adamg - 11/25/21 - 11:01 am

The herd warily watched as the predator circled them in Moakey Park this morning. Bacon Doughnuts watched nature at work from afar.

That doesn't look at all like an Eagle

By adamg - 11/18/21 - 1:17 pm

K spotted a rough looking coyote on the Commonwealth Avenue side of the Boston College campus today.

Man, you move to Southie and you still can't escape the paparazzi, amirite?

By adamg - 11/5/21 - 10:55 am

BostonTimelapse was out for a run in Moakley Park this morning when he - and others - spotted a coyote obviously already sick of all the attention.

Coyote bites toddler in the back, drags her by the leg in Arlington; minutes later another young child is attacked nearby

By adamg - 9/6/21 - 1:15 pm

Arlington Police report two children were attacked by a coyote yesterday afternoon in Arlington: A two-year-old girl on Epping Street was bitten in the back and then briefly dragged by a coyote, then ten minutes later, another two-year old girl on Summer Hill Circle, about a half mile away, was scratched by a coyote. Read more.

But Wile E. was not the only creature she photographically captured there, including this snapping turtle he'll probably stay away from: Read more.