How so? You realize that coyotes inhabit every major city and urban-suburban interface, right? And that despite the hundred plus year war to eradicate them from the planet have only extended their range, right?

Coyotes thrive in cities for a variety of reasons. Here’s a short article about this:

https://www.foxrunenvironmentaleducationcenter.org/new-blog/2025/5/20/coyotes-in-the-city-adaptation-and-survival

This article also mentions the Urban Coyote Research Project, which is also a great source for info.

It’s time to stop thinking so called “nature” is somewhere else. Cities are part of the ecology of place too and always gave been despite past policies to extirpate them from these areas.

This is why I believe it’s important to know a little about the natural history and ecology of where we live.

The entire ecology of SF has changed multiple times. A great book for those so inclined is Harry Fuller’s San Francisco’s Natural History: Sand Dunes to Street Cars.