We are getting more reports on our wild life activities in Marquez Knolls. The recent return of deer into the Marquez Knolls green belts may have attracted coyotes initially. Such a pattern is cyclical. Most importantly, don't feed the coyotes or any other wild animals, or allow them access to your trash cans to feed on. Coyotes are very intelligent predators and opportunists, they share the wilderness with us and anything we do to increase their food supply, (may it be trash, rabbits, rats, or squirrels) will attract them. Of course accessible household pets are just as attractive to them so please keep them safe.
Jim Rea's and Klaus Radtke's comments below brings our wild life into perspective.
Jim Rea's and Klaus Radtke's comments below brings our wild life into perspective.
Helena writes:
The animal control officer I spoke with a couple of years ago suggested using an air horn to scare them away. We keep one handy in the house and carry one on our walks.
- A coyote was seen on two separate occasions during the day near Lachman and Via Floresta
- Several sightings of a single coyote, it may be the same animal, near Jacon and El Oro in the early evenings.
- A pack of coyote howling, perhaps four or five, in the vicinity of the Ynez streets during the night.
- One more, Tellem drive. Two Coyote's in the middle street at 10 pm. Not scared of our car or when we tried to yell and scare them off. I've never seen them so brave and I grew up with packs of them in Mandeville cyn.
- One recent morning, while walking my dog at about 6 a.m., I saw 2 coyotes at Bienveneda & (lower) El Hito. They ran away up El Hito when my dogs barked and when I yelled at them. A couple mornings later, at about the same time, I saw one coyote stroll across Bienveneda just above the same spot and disappear between two houses.
- I saw a coyote a week ago near Lachman and Duende at 9am.
- Thanks for that information. I saw a coyote in the morning across the street from me on lower Enchanted way. It scares me when I need to take my little dog out at night. Even though I stay with her she would go after one if she saw it.
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This is a wise comment from Jim Rea
This is a wise comment from Jim Rea
Coyotes (and deer) are a normal part of the wildlife population in the canyons of Marquez Knolls. They roam a pretty wide area and will hunt on one area for several weeks and then move on to greener pastures and eventually return. Residents with small dogs or cats should always be vigilant and watch their pets when they are outside and be very cautious about letting them out after dark.
That said, Coyotes are our friends, part of the wildlife diversity that makes Pacific Palisades a pleasurable place to live.
Finally, remember never to feed any wild animals. It makes them lose their natural fear of humans resulting in a more dangerous animal/human interaction.
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Klaus Radtke is a former resident of Marquez Knolls and currently lives in Hawaii and the Phillipines.
Remember coyotes howl on full moon nights. We invaded their territory
and they have to eat too. They rarely get a god meat diet and
primarily survive on nuts and fruits.
Coyote packs used to howl on upper Lachman and invaded our deck and
left their scat markings even after the upper track was built and
thereafter we saw them regularly at night, even in daytime, when
walking the dogs. They are the last survivors of the wild! How lucky
we are to share their territory, their vibrations and the call of the
wild!
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Klaus Radtke is a former resident of Marquez Knolls and currently lives in Hawaii and the Phillipines.
Remember coyotes howl on full moon nights. We invaded their territory
and they have to eat too. They rarely get a god meat diet and
primarily survive on nuts and fruits.
Coyote packs used to howl on upper Lachman and invaded our deck and
left their scat markings even after the upper track was built and
thereafter we saw them regularly at night, even in daytime, when
walking the dogs. They are the last survivors of the wild! How lucky
we are to share their territory, their vibrations and the call of the
wild!
