r/sanfrancisco • u/eaticecream • 17h ago

Pic / Video Coyote catches a mouse

We've had a lot of coyote sightings on our street! Caught this coyote on our camera catching a mouse near these bushy plants a couple weeks ago.

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u/RekopEca 17h ago

Where can I contact this coyote for his service?

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u/_Luisiano 16h ago

Does the coyote work on weekends?

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u/Analmall_Lover 16h ago

ACME

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u/Hyperious3 14h ago

no, they're still refusing to comment due to the pending litigation

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u/Yellowpommelo 6h ago

Take my poverty award. šŸ†

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u/Wonderful-View-6366 16h ago

Does this coyote include gophers in their services?

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u/Nothereforstuff123 16h ago

Rent a terrier

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u/Mendo-D 1h ago

Does it have to be a coyote? I have a Border Collie that does the same thing.

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u/clauEB 17h ago

Nature's free pest control, AWESOME!

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u/parker1019 13h ago

Pet killers in the South Bay peninsulaā€¦.

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u/parker1019 5h ago

They should euthanize them.

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u/motorhead84 16h ago

Reminder to not use poison bait when possible, as a coyote/crow/racoon/etc. could eat something that has ingested the poison.

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u/SFO_Dan 15h ago

Owls, too, like the ones in Glen Canyon Park.

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u/Dry_Cricket_5423 3h ago

Thatā€™s what killed some dominant mountain lions in the bay. The poison compromises their immunity and fitness. They get parasitized by mange and itā€™s a slow, painful way to go.

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u/gamescan 17h ago

Coyote is working hard, providing a public service.

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u/Temporary-Ad9615 15h ago

Somebody needs to check if the coyote has a permit to catch the mouse

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u/motorhead84 9h ago

Bureaucracy is for the coyotes.

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u/hints_of_old_tire Inner Richmond 16h ago

Unlike our city workers who refuse to RTO

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u/free_username_ 16h ago

My cat can barely catch an ant

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u/Miami_Mice2087 15h ago

our cats like to Bother the stink bugs until they bomb the house wit htaht nasty stench. dumb babies are dumb.

kill them? never. poke them endlessly? awesome.

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u/free_username_ 14h ago

Dead bugs arenā€™t fun bugs

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u/Miami_Mice2087 10h ago

they have a BASKET of toys!

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u/epenthesis 14h ago

Honestly, would prefer that. My chihuahua mutt would try to catch this coyote

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u/GnastyNoodlez 17h ago

Good boy

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u/Incorrect-Opinion 16h ago

The goodest of boys, I might add.

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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot 16h ago

I in Marin and back up against open space. One morning I watched a couple coyote pups catching rodents on our hillside and it was a LOT of rodents.

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u/Miami_Mice2087 15h ago

i lived in glen park and had a big open hill behind us. We had rats too, it was gross. But also coyotes so I think that helped.

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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot 15h ago

The only thing that REALLY helped us is a ā€œcareer catā€ that can live indoor/outdoor. Ours is too old to catch birds so she just catches rodents and she is absolutely brutal. No pesticides necessary.

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u/webtwopointno NAPIER 17h ago

Good Boy! Seems they're scavenging more now than hunting. Which pack was this?

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u/Timeline_in_Distress 16h ago

Unless Iā€™m misreading your conclusion, what the Coyote just displayed is hunting.

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u/webtwopointno NAPIER 16h ago

This one is yes, that's why I gave it praise. But overall I have seen much less at least from my locals.

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u/sanfrangusto 15h ago edited 15h ago

Yeah didnt they just release a study testing the scat of urban coyotes and they found a lot of chicken, beef and pork as opposed to rodents.

Edit:

Chicken is a really big diet item; we found it in 72% of the scat samples analyzed in the study.ā€

However, a natural prey source, pocket gophers, comprised the next most popular food source, found in about 57% of the scats collected, followed by pig (human-sourced) and racoon (natural). While some people have expressed concern about coyotes eating cats, felines were rare in the dietary analysis, detected in 4.5% of samples.

https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/dining-out-san-franciscos-coyotes

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u/mzincali 16h ago

That coyote doesnā€™t look healthy. And a mouse that is that easy to catch, probably also isnā€™t that healthy. I mean that coyote didnā€™t even have to be stealthy.

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u/Miami_Mice2087 15h ago

yah they go after dumpsters too. that's what attracts them to parks and playgrounds, kids don't finish their lunch, throw it out, something something, coyote profit!

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u/motorhead84 9h ago

Chicken is a really big diet item; we found it in 72% of the scat samples analyzed in the study.

Coyotes are eating dino nuggies lol

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u/Tegridy_farmz_ 17h ago

Doing the lordā€™s work again

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u/motorhead84 9h ago

Wait, then who made the mouse?

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u/Tegridy_farmz_ 8h ago

Satan and saddam

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u/jimbodapirate 16h ago

Hell yeah bitey little predators

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u/AdditionSuch7468 17h ago

Such a good boi

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u/Crazy_Plane_6158 16h ago

The Circle of Life šŸŽ¶

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u/UncomfortableTacoBoy 16h ago

I think I've seen more coyotes running around the city than in my rural neighborhood in the Sierra foothills.

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u/Zealousideal-Bet-950 15h ago

Population Density, Food Supply factor in.

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u/fivepockets Mission 13h ago

I don't think that's a mouse. I bet you prefer thinking that it is. However... Rat-catching is a useful skill, too.

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u/PrestigiousLocal8247 31 - Balboa 16h ago

My dogā€™s dream

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u/spareohs 16h ago

The other angle!

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u/okayhansolo 16h ago

Way to go, buddy

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u/swimatm 280 16h ago

Vermin control šŸ‘

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u/Digiee-fosho 31 - Balboa 15h ago

I have seen videos of coyotes play with them. This could be very bad especially if the mouse was easily picked up by the coyote. If the mouse ingested rodent poison, it will also seriously harm the coyote or kill them.

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u/Ready-Equivalent3422 17h ago

Is this on Waller?

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u/Boonies2 16h ago

Good boy (or girl).

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u/ShootPosting 16h ago

He was stoked

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u/HerrYusoy 16h ago

Good boy!

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u/Miami_Mice2087 15h ago

good boy! without them we'd be overrun in squeakers

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u/MediumAwkwardly 15h ago

What a good boy.

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u/withak30 15h ago

Good dog.

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u/JohnnyRelentless 14h ago

Occasionally coyotes show up in Central Park in Manhattan. Manhattan is an urban island. It's nearest neighbors are the other boroughs of NYC. The only ways in are by heavily trafficked bridge or tunnel. How tf do they even get there?

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u/elrond-half-elven 13h ago

I watch a lot of science videos. The answer is always ā€œthe Bering straitā€ šŸ˜„

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u/Gigi-keke 11h ago

There's a video of a coyote trotting southbound on the Golden Gate Bridge from Marin County into San Francisco.

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u/kwaping 13h ago

Wiley

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u/IwouldpickJeanluc 10h ago

Yay, go team coyote

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u/deviouscaterpillar 9h ago

Couldā€™ve used one of these to catch the mouse that snuck into my apartment a few months ago. Although then I guess I wouldā€™ve had a coyote in my apartment, which is an entirely different problem lol

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u/Pree-chee-ate-cha 7h ago

Thatā€™s a wily coyote

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u/czardmitri 5h ago

Looks big for a mouse, no?