coyote

no regrets coyote...

well I've been hearing alot about the La Mesa coyote in Santa Barbara, and since Carp has only one viable grocery store, I headed into SB for some items...and then swung by La Mesa Park.. at first , I didn't know where it was but it's the park up by the beach, the Lighthouse and all the surrounding development..the school, the condos, the houses, the grocery stores, the condos, the condos...

 

so I got out and walked around and it's really a beautiful park...pines and big eucalyptus..some markers on the ground for some tree club recognition serve only as tripping hazards..remove those please...

so I see the playground and kids playing with adults close by.. new mother suckles her son..senior citizens wish they were young...

BTW I totally support breast-feeding in public...kids, like coyotes, gotta eat too!



so there's the playgrounds and further on through the trees is the wild part... I ventured into the woods but didn't see the coyote..I walked around then back to the play area..talked to some nice old lady who has her little dog with her... and she wasn't too worried about the coyote, except for any disease it may have..but I said we all could be diseased..and the birds over head could be carriers....we need the coyote to remind us of the wild part in all of us...at least I do and she agreed...

 

 so I waited but no signs, except the City of SB sign warning about the coyote..so I left then stopped at the side of the road by the Lighthouse...gorgeous ocean view and today with the clouds and recent rain, the silver sea was stunning...then I saw the coyote!! he was slinking along beyond that chain link fence..looks like he just got back from the beach..he stopped, I called out to him, he looked at me, unimpressed..sat down and scratched himself with his leg like dogs do..then he wandered slowly off...

that made my day... I watched  till he disappeared into the brush..it looked healthy, wealthy and wise

Coyote attacks on people

any fear that the coyote is going to attack your kids is irrational..he's trying to survive and he's not hunting for children

http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/coyotes/tips/coyotes_people.html


Coyote attacks on people are very rare. More people are killed by errant golf balls and flying champagne corks each year than are bitten by coyotes.

Often, coyote attacks are preventable by modifying human behavior and educating people about ways to prevent habituation. In many human attack incidents, it turns out that the offending coyote was being fed by people. In many other instances, people were bitten while trying to rescue their free-roaming pet from a coyote attack. Less often, people are bitten by cornered coyotes, or even more rarely, rabid coyotes. 

wild nature is full of wonder and using kids to camouflage your own fear of the wild dog coyote is unconscionable...

like I said, the coyote is trying to survive and he's not hunting for your children...

but you never know...