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Local Wildlife: Coyote LbNA #43703

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Sep 30, 2008
Location:
City:Brewster
County:Putnam
State:New York
Boxes:1
Planted by:Karen & K9s
Found by: schemera family
Last found:Aug 2, 2016
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Sep 30, 2008
LOCAL WILDLIFE: COYOTE

Coyote Vital Statics
Weight: 15-45 lbs.
Length with tail: 40-60"
Shoulder Height: 15-20"

Sexual Maturity: 1-2 years
Mating Season: Jan-March
Gestation Period: 58-65 days

No. of Young: 2-12, 6 avg.
Birth Interval: 1 year

Lifespan: 15 years in the wild

Typical diet: Small mammals, insects, reptiles, fruit & carrion
Curious Coyote Facts
Only 5-20% of coyote pups survive their first year.

The coyote can run at almost 40 mph and can get over a 8' fence.

Coyotes can breed with both domestic dogs and wolves. A dog-coyote mix is called a "coydog."

The coyote is more likely afraid of you than vice-versa.

Coyotes maintain their territory by marking it with urine.

This is the third box in a series of Local Wildlife in Brewster, NY. Although they have been found in these parts for as long as I can remember, the coyote has made a major comeback in recent years and can commonly be heard at night. I often see them at dusk crossing the road, and they prowl around my house at night. This has led to a change in my “letting the dogs out at night behavior”. Only my large dog can go out off leash at night. My little guys are now always on leash. My cat has to stay in as well.

DIRECTIONS: I684 to Route 22 North to first traffic light. Make a right onto Milltown Road. Pass Milltown Rural Cemetery (There is a letterbox here) and turn right just before the bridge onto the second road you come to. This is a dirt road called Old Milltown Road. It is also known as Reservoir Road.

TO FIND THE LETTERBOX: Follow Old Milltown Road around the reservoir. You will eventually come to an area where you are driving through large rocks on each side. The road will become paved and you will see a few houses. After you pass these houses start looking to your right for a white sign that reads: LITTERING OF HIGHWAYS PROHIBITED. VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED. Park in front of this sign and look behind it for a break in a stone wall. On the back right side of this wall, behind the large corner stone, the coyote is hiding. He is covered with small rocks. Please rehide well so no one can see the box from any angle, as people sometimes come from the woods through here. This is also a busy fishing area, so use stealth. The best time to come is before 3:00 pm on a week day. After 3:00, commuters use this road as a short cut to avoid traffic delays on Rte 22.

***Update as of 3/09. A tree has fallen on the stone wall where this box is hidden, knocking the corner rocks (as well as the letterbox) to the ground. Luckily the box was
not crushed, but I did have to move some large stones to get to it. It is back near its original spot, under a large wedge shaped rock that is still on top of the wall.

***Please please use a stick to poke around in stone walls before putting your hand in. We have many snakes in the area, and a few of them are venomous. The most dangerous time is spring, when the snakes may not yet have come out after wintering over.

To get back to Route 22, just follow this road a little ways in the direction you are going. Make a left onto Rte 22 to go back to I684.

Check out “local Wildlife: Raccoon”. It is very close.