they are an overwhelming success story overall. First we exterminated the wolves, their bigger and badder (not literally) cousins, leaving a big niche for them to move into. Then the ranchers et al moved on to try to exterminate the coyotes. However, as they discovered to their chagrin, the more pressure put on the coyote population the more often they breed, and the bigger the litters.

So. Where historically their range was limited to the deserts and grasslands of the western US and Mexico, now we have coyotes in all 48 states and Alaska; in fact, they range from Central America to the Arctic Circle.

We need more wolves, imo.

They are an evolutionary marvel. Has nothing to do with loss of habitat.

in a crowded suburb, coyotes are running rampant here. They're killing people's pet cats and dogs since they've ate up all the foxes, squirrels and opossums all that's left is pets. It's all because of greedy developers who've left no where else for the coyotes to go but where people have settled. It's so infuriating that these asses have destroyed the open spaces and won't stop!

are a thing. I get up early to leave for work and I see them trotting down the sidewalks all the time, along with a huge number of trash pandas. Coyotes seem to be eminently more resilient than most other species.

What surprised me was seeing a fox in downtown Denver.

We have made our cities very attractive to wild animals over the last few decades. Our trash provides plenty of food, adding Green Space provides perfect habitat and the lack of hunting virtually eliminates any pressure from humans on their population.

I live in a urban area and I have a cowbell that I always take with me when I take our dogs out. We have watched both coyotes and hawks successfully hunting rabbits in our backyard.

...including one that made it down to the housing complex where I live, which is quite south of midtown. (I didn't see it.) They think that they mostly likely scampered over from the Bronx via an unused railroad trestle, now a pedestrian walk/bike way.

Coyotes range used to be limited to the West, but then we came along and built tunnels and railroads and highways all over the continent, so they traveled.

We do disturb habitat, but ultimately they are really adaptable creatures. Now that you've spotted one, be sure to keep your dog and cat indoors at night -- pets are such easy prey.

There was one who I saw twice just south of me towards the Mill Creek area. I also saw a couple in Redmond and one running across 405 once.

When wolves were killed off coyotes filled part of the niche.

Because of my animals and the fact that coyotes just killed my neighbors dog, if they start howling on my property, I'll yell at them to hopefully chase them away. Sometimes, they just yell back at me - like we are talking back and forth.

However, we now have a baby black bear in our neighborhood. I've lived here for 20 yrs and I've never seen a bear here before.

Development is helping them, not hurting them. Tons of squirrels, rabbits, refuse and people's pets to snack on in landscaped backyards.

I gaurantee they've been there for longer than you have; they're just typically nocturnal and scared of humans.

we keep our cats indoors at night but it would take a very brave, or very foolish coyote to venture into our back yard, our 2 German Sheppards would tear them a new asshole.

are just fine, but anything more than the house we actually live in is habitat destruction and greed?

This is many, many centuries passed the mark.