Coyotes Come to the Big Apple

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04/06/2012

Apr. 06, 2012

Coyotes Come to the Big Apple

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Coyotes have been spotted in the Bronx, Queens and even Manhattan. Mark Weckel, a wildlife biologist at the Mianus River Gorge Preserve, has been documenting their immigration to New York City through "camera traps" he has set up in the city parks. Weckel explains the project and shares some of his best coyote footage. (Credits: camera trap footage: mark weckel)

Coyotes were first spotted in New York City in the 1990s. Now they are thought to be permanent residents of the Bronx, and have been seen in Queens and Manhattan. Wildlife biologist Mark Weckel, of the Mianus River Gorge Preserve, is documenting their immigration through camera traps in New York City parks.

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Apr. 06, 2012