mark Bannister wrote:

I live in the boondocks since 1979 and find the coyotes are shy and more
fearful than the fox. Fox can be pretty bold especially if you have
poultry. We see more fox than coyotes. Since new homes have been built
in this area, along my road, I don't see coyotes anymore.

Maybe because of our dogs they stayed away from the ponds.

Both foxes and coyotes will become tame VERY easily. Foxes will come
and beg. Big problem with foxes is rabies. Coyotes will eat your pets
(dogs included). Both I think would eat a fish if they could catch
them. Pretty much omnivores like dogs.
We have both in our neighborhood (bobcats too) and we live in the city,
although our neighborhood backs up to a small mountain and forest.

Just about every place in Eastern North America has coyotes now. I've seen
more in the village near where I live than in my rural back yard (though I
hear them often). They're not scared of much - which is probably why they
have moved east from the Great Plains. They've taken over the territories
once occupied by wolves, and then some. Foxes are truly urban scavengers,
now, though. Coyotes still need some green space (but a large park is
enough).

It takes _big_ dogs to scare off coyotes. I worry about my schnauzer (who,
fortunately, doesn't like to be more than a few feet from me).
--
derek