[bobvonb]

rocky hills across the street and a thunderstorm today forced this fellow into my front yard, but by the time I got my camera he was out back. Kinda skinny.

[waterdog]

Pretty cool tho!

[neophyte]

bobvonb: Sir, interesting. Neighborhood, daylight, coyote alone searching for easy food. Keep an eye out for your pets

[cabinnut]

Quote:       Originally Posted by bobvonb

rocky hills across the street and a thunderstorm today forced this fellow into my front yard, but by the time I got my camera he was out back. Kinda skinny.

Camera? Grab the rifle!

[bobvonb]

Quote:       Originally Posted by cabinnut

Camera? Grab the rifle!

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no pets to worry about, but we do have rabbits living on the property so....

[Clayne_b]

Thats cool, I enjoy watching them as much as shooting them.... welll all most

[bobvonb]

a couple weeks later, another thunderstorm and this guy shows up again, but got down the street by the time I got my camera. You know, I might get my .22 handy in case he goes after a pet or endangers someone.

[cabinnut]

This may be a dumb question, and an out of date one at that, but what is it about thunderstorms that brings them down to your neighborhood? Here in the east you never see them unless you're hunting for them, which is tougher because we don't have the open spaces to see them - every coyote I ever shot was within 75 yards.

[bobvonb]

Quote:       Originally Posted by cabinnut

This may be a dumb question, and an out of date one at that, but what is it about thunderstorms that brings them down to your neighborhood? Here in the east you never see them unless you're hunting for them, which is tougher because we don't have the open spaces to see them - every coyote I ever shot was within 75 yards.

A very good question. We get few thunderstorms that actually open up on that particular hill in the picture (across the street to my east). We get thunderstorms all around the desert in 'monsoon season' but there is something about the local geography usually keeps the actual rain to the other side of the hill. It's been about 3 years since we've had any summer rain on my side of the hill.

I don't really know why this guy came down during daylight hours. We saw him again a couple nights ago, about 1 hr. after sundown, heading back up the hill. Last night, about 4:30 a.m., we heard the unmistakeable sounds of the coyote catching a rabbit out behind our house. First, the rabbit screams, then the coyote howls, then every dog withing 1/4 mile joins in. I'm guessing the same coyote.