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scartonbot t1_it2dkab wrote

Coyotes are moving in. My wife spotted one in the woods behind the seminary in Roland Park.

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noahsense t1_it2ymt9 wrote

There’s a breeding pair in Masonville Cove.

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_it2xofj wrote

I've seen two in Towson in the patch of woods between Cromwell Bridge and Joppa.

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scartonbot t1_it4uco9 wrote

Wow! I always have to wonder how they made it across the beltway. I guess maybe in the case of where you saw those coyotes they could have made it there from the other direction.

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_it51qoa wrote

The first one I saw was two years ago and was completely mangy. It was in the parking lot back behind the new Wawa on Joppa, sort of near that secret path that connects it to the old Big Screen Store shopping center. They were doing some construction behind that business park at the time and I parked there to eat my lunch. I couldn’t even tell it was a coyote at first, looked so bad, I actually got out because I thought it was a hurt dog. Then I got a little closer and realized what I was looking at. Snapped a couple pics and then called animal control, who had already been notified. It scampered off back into the woods before anyone showed up though.

I figured that was a one of, dying animal leaving its normal area. But nope, same spot I saw a completely healthy guy scavenging some trash just a few months ago. North of Cromwell bridge all the way up to the reservoir is mostly wooded, so it’s not a big surprise. They do pretty well in the rural/suburb area like that, they aren’t too scared of people to my experience. It makes me worried though, coyotes got one of my sisters cats out in Michigan. Hopefully in this area nobody has outdoor cats anymore these days though.

And the beltway goes over Cromwell and Loch Raven, so they’d have no trouble at all getting south to the city from there.

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Doom_Balloon t1_it3dxt5 wrote

Saw one in Hamilton about three years ago, running through front yards.

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fredblockburn t1_it2fm7u wrote

Not native to Baltimore.

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jiminycricut t1_it42znl wrote

Bro you think coyotes aren’t native to this area??

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fredblockburn t1_it49nur wrote

There are coyotes here now. Coyotes are an invasive species. They came to the eastern seaboard starting in the 1940s after the Europeans altered the landscape and ecosystems.

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