I have read that coyotes are very smart about not consuming poisoned food and I hope that is the case here. Yesterday the rabbit was gone but I suspect a neighbor disposed of it. I know, we added it to the existing deer fence around our yard. Yes, rabbits do incredible damage to yards and gardens but rabbit fencing keeps them out. Several neighbors and dog walkers who use the trail came to the same conclusion I did – that a neighbor might be poisoning rabbits. About a week earlier Bud said “it smells like something died in the blackberries” as we walked by the same location. I turned it over and did not see any injuries or changes in hair. On Monday I noticed a dead rabbit at the beginning of the trail which is near our house. Hunting for rabbits no doubt! Bud saw an adult last fall on one of his walks. Both of these had beautiful coats and seemed very healthy.īlackberries through which pups disappeared there is more scat again now, indicating resumed activity in the immediate area I have only seen a coyote once on the trail (that is how I found your blog because I wanted to learn all that I could about them) and that was right at the trail entrance near our house. He is not thin but is very ragged looking. He looked and moved like a very old dog would move and that is why I label him as old. We saw the lame coyote once when he trotted in front of our car. I have seen a lot of it there before also. I also checked another part of the trail not too far away and found no new scat.
I’m wondering if that means the pups have been moved. Today I walked to the pups sighting location. Yesterday there was only one quite recent pile while everything else had been there a week ago. This is the area I referred to as being half a mile away and possibly containing a den. The first half mile of the trail heading east has had a lot of scat at times. Yesterday I walked the other way onto the well-used multi-purpose trail called the Springwater Trail.
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