There’s a recent story of a coyote who swam across the San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz. That’s about a mile of swimming in cold water. This is the first time anyone has seen this happen. The swim was captured on video and scientists are monitoring the animal now. There is no fresh water on the island, but lots of birds - it is a bird sanctuary and a national park so there is also public access to the park which raises concerns about “Floyd” as he’s been named. They will decide whether he should stay or be relocated. I hope they don’t make him swim back to San Francisco.
We are a bit berserk about coyotes so we don’t need to go far to find a coyote joke.
Foxes and coyotes are quite different. Foxes are known to be curious and friendly. This picture is from 2023 when we had six fox puppies on Lynnwood and Sunnylea (our street). They would come over and call Baxter our cat out to play. Here’s a picture of 5 of them at the intersection of Lynnwood and Sunnylea. They look like they are just “fooling around.”
