Feds hunting down lone LaGuardia coyote

From PIX11:

A parking lot for LaGuardia employees was cleared out Wednesday while U.S. Dept. of Agriculture officials hunted for a coyote. This is according to several people who work for the company that runs the parking lot.

PIX11 has been covering the controversy over coyotes living near LaGuardia Airport for the last several years.

In 2016, a family of coyotes was caught and euthanized by government officials who said it was a necessary measure to protect the public. One coyote survived. Today, they were looking for that lone coyote.

The lot is located at the end of Berrian Boulevard. The crux of the argument - wildlife officials say the coyotes pose a danger to people but others say leave the coyote alone.

Port Authority will kill LGA coyotes

From NBC:

Officials say a pesky pack of wild coyotes wandering the grounds of LaGuardia Airport will be trapped and euthanized. Stefan Holt reports.

Searching for coyotes at Astoria Mountain

George the Atheist has exclusive photos of park rangers attempting to track down coyotes at Astoria Mountain.

Middle Vilage coyote caught

He might have gotten away once but not today. We have caught the coyote at 77 place and Caldwell Avenue. @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/dZHWzpfsCj

— NYPD 104th Precinct (@NYPD104Pct) April 29, 2015

This one's not so wily

s From LIC Post:

A coyote has taken up residence in Long Island City and has been stuck on the roof of LIC Bar all day.

The tenants who live above LIC Bar discovered the wild animal this morning when they saw it from their back window, according to Brian Porter, the owner of the bar.

Porter said that they think the coyote entered via a broken window from the old Paragon Paint building and couldn’t get back inside the old building.

Red fox discovered in Queens

There's a blog called Queens Coyote that tracks sightings of unusual wildlife in the borough. It caught a red fox on its camera recently. The author will not reveal where in Queens it was spotted, other than "not in Alley Pond Park".

Coyotes in Locust Manor!

Coyote at Calvary!

From the NY Post:

A reddish-colored coyote has moved into Queens, and like most city singletons, it's looking for a mate.

The majestic creature was recently photographed among the gravestones of Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.

It's probably a yearling born last spring who got kicked out of his parents' home in December to make room for a new crop of cubs, said wildlife expert Paul Curtis, of Cornell University.

Now it's on the hunt for a partner to start a family of its own. The mostly carnivorous creatures are no threat to humans unless they're have rabies, but keep an eye on your pet dogs, Curtis warned.

Queensboro Bridge coyote!

From NY Magazine:

Manhattan apparently wasn't enough for the coyotes: They're now spreading to Queens, too. This one was spotted by a New York staffer under the 59th Street Bridge in Long Island City.

Coyote or not coyote?

From the Wave:

A Wave reader took this picture of what he believes is a wandering coyote, on Tuesday at 2:30 a.m., in front of his house on Bay 24 Street. There have been no coyote sightings on the peninsula or in Queens.

That looks like a mutt with some husky in him to me. But keep your eyes open because the appearance of a coyote here is probably inevitable.

Railroad Park kinda trashy

From the Queens Chronicle:

Trees, flowers, a playground — these are the things that come to mind when one thinks of an urban park, but just walk around the more than 16 acres known as a Railroad Park near Rochdale Village and you will encounter a very different site.

Aside from a narrow pathway that stretches a few dozen yards beyond the entrance, navigating the desolate area on foot is nearly impossible — though it is that way largely by design. Thick underbrush, tangled branches and weeds growing several feet high make for purposely natural but potentially dangerous surroundings. Residents in the area say that for the most part, it has always been that way.

Carol Booth, who lives a few houses away on 129th Avenue, says she often sees raccoons in the area and at one time there were rats roaming the streets. Garbage including and old tire litters the land.

The unruly park has also become a haven for rodents, which are now attracting coyotes, according to several residents who spotted the canines roaming the park late last year.

City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) believes that the area should remain a natural habitat, but says the Parks Department, “should do a better job of keeping it clean” and plans to send officials a notification about the conditions.

Ironically, Comrie says the area was not turned into an active recreational park because of concerns that it would attract unsavory characters and lead to crimes like muggings, so in a way the unruly underbrush is important because it keeps people out.

Coyote wandering around Rochdale Village

From CBS 2:

A four-legged animal that has been spotted in Queens has people nervous. And talking. And they have the pictures to back it up.

Maybe, somewhere in the more wooded areas around Rochdale Village, maybe … the creature lurks. Traps have been set. But people, like Darnell Brunston have already taken pictures. And they're not waiting to be told what it is. They're giving it a name.

"I saw him the other night. He's taller than me when he stands up on his two hind legs. That is a coyote! I'm a country boy from Georgia. That's exactly what it is," resident Richard Howard said.

Noreen Savage said the idea of some kind of animal roaming around out there makes her nervous and she wants it captured.

Animal Control officers have set up a series of traps. They think they're going to find a stray dog. But you never know.

Coyotes scaring the bejesus out of Bronxites

From the Riverdale Press:

Each year when the weather warms and more early risers go strolling, the animals are seen wandering outside of the large wooded areas they call home in and around Riverdale, offering a taste of the wild to city-dwellers more accustomed to pigeons than scavenging canines.

Parks officials believe there are coyote dens in Pelham Bay Park and Van Cortlandt Park. The animals generally don’t pose a threat to people, experts say.

Coyotes don’t necessarily need to live in wooded areas like parks, though, and have been known to go from yard to yard in the Bronx, hunting small animals like mice and rabbits, authorities say.