I know so little about you..yet when there was a concern about your presence here in Middletown I wanted to know more about you in hopes that knowing a little more, we as a people might have a better understanding of you and your needs and not view you strictly as a threat.
We as humans have been an on going threat to you and for that I am so sorry. It is my hope that when we can come to know and understand each other we can arrive at solutions that are mutually beneficial to all concerned. Our planetary home needs the benefit of both your gifts and those of your human sisters and brothers.
Your eyes in this photo really touch my heart! What would you want us to know at this time dear Coyote. Please share your wisdom with us for the benefit of our growth and understanding.
Dear Sunti,
Thank you for standing with me and giving me a voice. It is not my desire nor the desire of my family to be a threat to any one. We kill in order to eat, and rabbits have given their lives so that we can provide food for our families. We take what we need and no more.
We may appear threatening as we are more visible and some of you are not comfortable with that. That is understandable as we are not known and understood by you. Hopefully more and more of you humans will get to know us, understand our needs and realize that we are not out to hurt you. All we want is exactly what you want for yourselves and your families...safe food, water and shelter. The forrests that have given us a home are disappearing rapidly in the name of what you call "progress"!
I invite you and the rest of your kin to get to know us.. I hope you will then see that we, like you, have gifts to offer in sustaining and healing Mother Earth on a daily moment to moment basis. When our needs are met...we are not a threat. Sad to say the lack of needs being met is a key element in the use of violence by all species.
We also have gifts to offer you as the human members of our family if you are willing to really see us and know us! Thank you for opening the door to relationship and enjoy discovering the gifts and lessons that we have to offer you.
Thank you dear Coyote, I am looking forward to getting to know you and living the lessons you have to teach us. Thank you as well for opening the door of relationship with me. I am very grateful. Forgive us for the pain we cause you due to our lack of knowledge and understanding.
Coyote invited us to get to know her/him and I offer the following as an introduction. Coyote does have much to teach us!
Coyotes are native only to North America . Female coyotes select den sites and give birth from 1 to 12 pups in spring. Both parents care for the pups. Parents chew food and swallow it. Then they bring it up again to feed the pups.
Coyote's keen intelligence and senses help him/her to adapt to many different habitats: forests, deserts, prairies, mountains, suburbs, cities, and even golf courses. Coyotes can woof softly, growl, bark, howl, and sing in a chorus. They cmmunicate with 11 different sounds, as well as with body language and scent.
Adaptability is the main reason for the success of Coyote. He/she can easily change their behavior to survive in a new place. Coyote is naturally adaptable because she/he eats such a wide range of food. Coyotes eat almost everything: mice, voles, rabbits, insects, fish, frogs, snakes, lizards, grasses, nuts, and all sorts of dead animals. They even eat watermelon.
Coyotes are clever enough to trick other animals. A coyote might leap about crazily near a group of birds to distract them, then her/his partner might sneak up on the birds and seize a few of them for dinner.
People have helped coyotes to spread across North America . How? By killing off the coyote's number one natural competitor, Wolf. Wolves eat many of the same small animals that coyotes do. And like many other predators, Wolves know how to kill competitors—in this case, coyotes.
With the wolf practically gone in many areas, the coyote has quickly moved in. Some coyotes kill calves and lambs on people's ranches and farms. For a century people have tried to kill coyotes by using poison, traps, and guns. Still coyotes continue to thrive.
While populations of many other animals are shrinking, coyote populations are actually increasing. Coyotes once lived only in prairies and deserts of the western United States Mexico North America . National Geographic Kids “Creature Features”
