Coyotes of the Presidio

I was out there today when a passer by informed me that a coyote just attacked a lab, we didn’t witness the attack but immediately put our dog back on his leash and continued our hike. My guess is that Lab came too close to the coyotes Den, these animals are just trying to survive as best they can, much like us… Please help them by leashing our dogs for everyone’s safety and let them thrive!

Yep the Presidio has coyotoes… and if you walk your four legged friend here it would behoove you to keep them on a leash or at the least keep your eye on them.
My dog got an up close and personal hello from a mom guarding her den… and that is the worst situation. Thank god my canine companion had the common sense to high tail it (pun intended) back to me.
We have also come across beautiful foxes and red tail hawks here.
The Coyotes are really beautiful and their territory is slowly diminishing… or are we going deeper into their’s??? None the less it is getting more and more common to see them. Be Calm, Carry on, and just enjoy their beauty!

I saw. A coyote casually cross the street in front of my car as I drove down Presidio Avenue in the Presidio
I was shocked!

Out for a 7am run this morning on the Land’s End Trail and I could hear them howling at each other… they were very close by.

Fun to see the coyotes and they don’t hassle me or my dog.

OMG! What a big ugly dog. Looks like a giant fox. Wait! Is that a coyote? Well, that was an interesting surprise.
I was in the Presidio yesterday (Friday the 13^th) Yikes! heading towards the Arguello Gate and saw one of the legendary coyotes for the first time. Fortunately, I was driving my LittleRedCar and not walking because the encounter gave me that Little Red Ridding Hood feeling — in the woods alone with the big bad wolf.
I really don’t want to run into one of these while hiking alone, which is rather frequent. But, I’ve only heard stories of them picking on small dogs. Most friends in the area aren’t concerned and I haven’t given them much thought until yesterday. Must keep an open mind :-) They are lovely to behold.
Funny thing. One of the Unilocal questions is «Good for Kids.» Gee, I don’t think so.

I love seeing these little guys around. It was very upsetting to me when I lived here to hear about people complaining because they have small dogs. It’s a national park and dogs are supposed to be on leashes here anyway. This is the coyotes home and even people who live here need to realize the coyotes were here first. I usually see them around sunrise or just before. They are beautiful creatures.

A pack of 4 – 5 were just east of Fort Scott heading down near Ruckman Ave. they didn’t seem distracted by our car and looked like they were exploring.

Coyotes terrorizing a neighborhood is kind of like saying butterflies can cause blindness. It could happen in a movie, but who are we kidding?
I have quite a few encounters with the little bastards. In addition to being small enough to drop kick over a fence, coyotes are fearful of humans and dart off if you flinch in their direction. So unless your body lotion contains large amounts of salami extract or like to sleep in bushes with raw meat in your pockets, you have nothing to worry about.

We saw a coyote trotting across Lake Street at 28^th Avenue (near the Presidio) Saturday night. Ho-​hum. But this sighting merited five stars because a black and white cat that had been sitting in the Lake Street bike lane jumped up and began to chase (or at least quickly follow) the coyote. Unbelievable.

Reminds me of my dear Coyote-​German Sheperd named Deoghi. She just passed away. She was from Estes Park. She confirms that coyotes are amazing, wonderful, insanely beautiful creatures. If you don’t know about them, start here… it’s a beautiful expression of a chance, random, amazing bond:

Living in the Presidio is unbelievably uplifting. Nature has not been crushed by the City here.
I’m sorry for Holly’s yellow lab, but who was here first? I am amazed by the diversity of wildlife here in the Presidio, minutes from downtown Major City USA. I wish people would heed the signs and advice — dogs ON LEASH, cats and dogs kept indoors (for us residents). The Coyotes have the right to be here and are part of the ecosystem. We are not.

I think the racoons of the presidio are scarier than the coyotes. About the same size haha

The coyotes are vicious! Several have been terrorizing our neighborhood this year and one even attacked and bit our sweet yellow labrador. I am a total animal lover but this is ridiculous.

There… right there… is that a fox? No wait… it’s a coyote!
Seen plenty of them over the years at Balboa Café, but it’s still really something when you actually see a real live one cross the road in front of you. That’s what happened to me the other night on the twisty road in the Presidio above Baker Beach. BTW, the view from that spot is pretty killer too and is reminiscent of Italy or the Mediterranean with all the buildings and water in the distance.
Anyway, I think we are truly blessed to live in a major city that still has wildlife like coyotes, raccoons, opossums, and wild parrots. May that never change so that future generations can enjoy as well for a long time.

I’m not sure what this rating is for but I had to say something. Having lived in the Presidio, I have seen these mofos all the time, raiding trash and even a pair of them hunting gophers in a field, or when I walked my dog at night. Apparently the Presidio «dispatched» one of them recently (had it killed) because it was being aggressive towards pet dogs and weren’t running away from humans. Once I heard this drunk guy late at night outside my house talking loudly about how he just saw a wolf and he was all freaked out. Haha, coyotes are about ¹⁄₃ of the size and the move like they are scared all the time. I used to live in LA where coyotes would eat all the neighborhood cats. I guess I’m not a huge fan of them.

I saw two of these right off of Pershing. Interesting creatures.

It’s a cat…
It’s a dog…
No, wait. It’s a coyote!
I saw one of these guys trotting down the eucalyptus lined path that comes in through the Presidio Gate. Crazy cool.
Now I’d love to see his brethren (or perhaps a deer) gallivanting down the GG Bridge from Marin County. That would be a sight to see. Man and nature.

We saw one tracking our dog on the Lands End walk on Sunday (2÷25÷07) Got a good pic too.
Update ⁸⁄₂₅ — I live on Fulton and saw one just of the street on a path while walking my dog in GGP @ 45^th.

Someone told me that they were all gone but this morning, I saw one. A coyote cautiously crossed the street in front of the shuttle bus on my way to work, placing his tentative paws onto the asphalt of the road and scurrying quickly to the other side of the street where the grass was covered with a cool, clear morning dew. After I saw this beautiful creature, It gave a purpose to the yellow signs lining the main roadway, waring that animals might cross. It makes me so happy, just knowing, there’s at least one coyote left in The Presidio.