Comments on: A letter to City Hall http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950 Personal mutterings, squallings, babbling, grunts, moans, and occasionally something intelligent. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ardilla Chiflada http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1779 Ardilla Chiflada Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:00:10 +0000 http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1779 Then you know your coyotes! Here in town we see a gray fox or two almost every evening and some mornings as well. I've spent time living in coyote country myself and just plain don't worry about them, not keeping sheep or chickens, and not wanting traps, marksmen, or coyote-getters anywhere around near children and pets. Just sayin' Then you know your coyotes! Here in town we see a gray fox or two almost every evening and some mornings as well. I’ve spent time living in coyote country myself and just plain don’t worry about them, not keeping sheep or chickens, and not wanting traps, marksmen, or coyote-getters anywhere around near children and pets. Just sayin’

]]> By: addlepated http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1778 addlepated Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:50:58 +0000 http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1778 Woah, Keath - those pictures were taken in your yard, in the daytime? Bad juju. But yeah - I'm sure the rampant deer population helps the coyotes thrive. This is out of my front door: http://gallery.addlepated.net/Critters/deer Back when we used to live off Spicewood Springs/183, we'd hear coyotes occasionally, but never as close as I've been hearing them in Westlake. My friend in Steiner Ranch says they have them there, too, but they're in a more rural setting. Woah, Keath - those pictures were taken in your yard, in the daytime? Bad juju. But yeah - I’m sure the rampant deer population helps the coyotes thrive. This is out of my front door:

http://gallery.addlepated.net/Critters/deer

Back when we used to live off Spicewood Springs/183, we’d hear coyotes occasionally, but never as close as I’ve been hearing them in Westlake. My friend in Steiner Ranch says they have them there, too, but they’re in a more rural setting.

]]> By: Keath Milligan http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1777 Keath Milligan Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:42:41 +0000 http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1777 Actually, coyotes are more common around here. I have several pictures of them in my driveway and back yard when they were a problem in the NW Hills area. It got pretty bad around here - we were routine seeing packs of 3 and 4 roaming through streets and yards and you could hear them baying and fighting with domestic dogs every night. Brewster McCracken did hold a community meeting regarding the problem, resulting in the city setting out traps and warning folks to keep pets inside. After a couple of months, coyote sitings tapered off, but recently I've started seeing them again. The thick deer population just makes it too easy for them to thrive, I suppose. Here are a couple of pics: <a href="http://keathmilligan.net/photos/austin/wildlife/coyote3.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://keathmilligan.net/photos/austin/wildlife/coyote3.JPG</a> <a href="http://keathmilligan.net/photos/austin/wildlife/coyote2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://keathmilligan.net/photos/austin/wildlife/coyote2.jpg</a> Actually, coyotes are more common around here. I have several pictures of them in my driveway and back yard when they were a problem in the NW Hills area. It got pretty bad around here - we were routine seeing packs of 3 and 4 roaming through streets and yards and you could hear them baying and fighting with domestic dogs every night.

Brewster McCracken did hold a community meeting regarding the problem, resulting in the city setting out traps and warning folks to keep pets inside. After a couple of months, coyote sitings tapered off, but recently I’ve started seeing them again. The thick deer population just makes it too easy for them to thrive, I suppose.

Here are a couple of pics:

http://keathmilligan.net/photos/austin/wildlife/coyote3.JPG
http://keathmilligan.net/photos/austin/wildlife/coyote2.jpg

]]> By: addlepated http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1774 addlepated Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:19:55 +0000 http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1774 Because I'm hearing them, not seeing them. And I've heard plenty of coyotes before. :) Because I’m hearing them, not seeing them. And I’ve heard plenty of coyotes before. :)

]]> By: Ardilla Chiflada http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1773 Ardilla Chiflada Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:15:39 +0000 http://addlepated.net/blog/archives/950#comment-1773 And how do you know that they're coyotes? And not gray foxes, much more common by far. And how do you know that they’re coyotes? And not gray foxes, much more common by far.

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