Coyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco

Re:Coyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco by OkGoDoIt on Friday March 27, 2020 @06:28PM (#22707492)

I walk a lot all over San Francisco, including at night. I’ve been seeing coyotes in the streets for at least a year now. Several times in North Beach, a couple times in the dogpatch/China basin area by the ballpark, etc. My phone doesn’t take great photos in low light, but I posted what photos I can on my Twitter [1] and Instagram and Facebook to try and get the word out. At this point I kind of just assumed everyone realized they are around.

[1] https://twitter.com/okgodoit/status/1082425011388829696

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Re:Coyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco by PopeDotNinja on Saturday March 28, 2020 @05:40AM (#22710162)

I was walking around the Marina in SF about 15 years ago at night. I heard a rustling in a front yard and stopped to look. It took me a second to focus on what I was looking at in the dark. It was a skunk in a defensive posture with it's tail raised. I slowly backed away, and fortunately didn't get sprayed, although that would have made for a better story.

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Re:Coyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco by tnolet on Saturday March 28, 2020 @06:40AM (#22710348)

I had a similar encounter 10 years ago around 24th street and Mission. Was a raccoon though. Very cute one too and quite fat.

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Re:Coyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco by zndr on Friday March 27, 2020 @06:30PM (#22707506)

I live near twin peaks and seem them A LOT, the first pic in the article is on TP on the road to the top. They are frequently out during the day, one almost got hit by the 37 I was on a few months back.

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