Coyote Archives | Hills For Everyone

Coyote Avoidance Tips

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 23, 2022 with No Comments

Did you know that efforts to control coyotes that eat family pets rarely help? First, the coyotes that are killed are not necessarily the offenders. Second, the coyotes that evade the death sentence are likely more wily and their genes stay in the gene pool. Keep your pets and their food inside. Hazing: yelling, throwing, hosing – is recommended by the Humane Society. Learn more on the Humane Society’s website.

Coyote & Badger Make Friends

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 5, 2020 with No Comments

Cuteness overload. Who knew these unlikely friends (a coyote and a badger) would use a wildlife tunnel TOGETHER? (Video: Coyote excitedly greets a badger to walk through wildlife tunnel together. The montage also includes raccoons, a skunk, a bobcat, and deer going through a wildlife culvert and underpass also.)

Chino Hills Coyote Awareness Meeting

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 18, 2019 with No Comments

Here is an opportunity for our Chino Hills friends to learn more about coyotes during a special event offered by the City and Senator Ling Ling Chang. The event is tonight–hope you can make it!

The Adaptable Coyote

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 29, 2019 with No Comments

Coyotes are versatile and able to adapt to environments modified by humans. One coyote was spotted eating fruit in a backyard tree in Yorba Linda next to Chino Hills State Park, but most of their food is meat. They are clearly opportunistic. As human activity has altered the landscape, the coyote’s range has expanded.

Cougar & Coyotes Stand Off

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 24, 2019 with No Comments

Sometimes you just can’t believe your eyes. Check out this standoff between a cougar and coyotes in the Bay Area (Los Gatos). There are numerous predators in the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor, but we are unaware of anything like this in our area. As a reminder, it is always important to remain aware of your surroundings in the hills (and at home–especially if you live at the wildland-urban interface)! View the ABC 7 Newsclip.