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COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
TrueDat
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Date: January 16, 2016 06:32AM
Live off the parkway near sydenstricker. Earlier tonight my dog was going absolutely nuts...something was outside and she was going from the back door to the front. I went upstairs and peered out and saw what I thought was a dog on our private drive. After I got a better look at it, I realized it was a coyote! I peered out my window thru out the night, and there it was again around 5 am, and it went across my neighbors front porch where the light was on. No doubt, it was a coyote.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
And?
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Date: January 16, 2016 07:02AM
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resource-management/archives/coyotes.htm
I bet you've never seen squirrel turns..
I bet you've never seen squirrel turns..
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Snakes in the grass
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Date: January 16, 2016 07:24AM
Just post "No Coyotes Allowed" signs around the perimeter of your property.
Or you could bill them for a portion of the property tax.
Or you could bill them for a portion of the property tax.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Ho Ho Ho
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Date: January 16, 2016 07:37AM
TrueDat Wrote:
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> Live off the parkway near sydenstricker. Earlier
> tonight my dog was going absolutely
> nuts...something was outside and she was going
> from the back door to the front. I went upstairs
> and peered out and saw what I thought was a dog on
> our private drive. After I got a better look at
> it, I realized it was a coyote! I peered out my
> window thru out the night, and there it was again
> around 5 am, and it went across my neighbors front
> porch where the light was on. No doubt, it was a
> coyote.
That sounds like that story of a fat fucker with a white beard up on the roof with a sled, and some animals.
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> Live off the parkway near sydenstricker. Earlier
> tonight my dog was going absolutely
> nuts...something was outside and she was going
> from the back door to the front. I went upstairs
> and peered out and saw what I thought was a dog on
> our private drive. After I got a better look at
> it, I realized it was a coyote! I peered out my
> window thru out the night, and there it was again
> around 5 am, and it went across my neighbors front
> porch where the light was on. No doubt, it was a
> coyote.
That sounds like that story of a fat fucker with a white beard up on the roof with a sled, and some animals.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
I know why
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Date: January 16, 2016 08:28AM
You must have roadrunners in your neighborhood too.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
coyote ugly
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Date: January 16, 2016 08:47AM
Ain't no way you recognized a coyote at night even under a light.
Your seeing things or full of shit
Your seeing things or full of shit
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Breaking news...
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Date: January 16, 2016 09:02AM
They live here. Whether you saw one or not is a different story, but there are no prizes that will be awarded if you did.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
BTyfd
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Date: January 16, 2016 10:33AM
Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in Fort Belvoir North. They go up and down the Accotink and Pohick stream park land. I've seen a few at night crossing the parkway. There's a thread on here with a guy that studies them.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Right here
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Date: January 16, 2016 10:41AM
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
bobcats
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Date: January 16, 2016 10:51AM
Bobcats have also shown up in the great falls area. A friend of mine who works for the national parks saw paw prints in the snow a few years ago, got a government guy who really knows his stuff on that subject to confirm it was a bobcat.
I've also seen prints but that was near where rt 7 crosses the blue ridge
I've also seen prints but that was near where rt 7 crosses the blue ridge
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: January 16, 2016 12:03PM
bobcats Wrote:
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> Bobcats have also shown up in the great falls
> area. A friend of mine who works for the national
> parks saw paw prints in the snow a few years ago,
> got a government guy who really knows his stuff on
> that subject to confirm it was a bobcat.
> I've also seen prints but that was near where rt 7
> crosses the blue ridge
In McLean in the early 1980s, I saw a bobcat bounce out of our yard, right off Kirby near Old Dominion. It was dusk. Looked like a big cat but with long legs. Too long to be a house-cat. and when it ran, it bounced. crazy.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2016 11:18PM by causeican.
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> Bobcats have also shown up in the great falls
> area. A friend of mine who works for the national
> parks saw paw prints in the snow a few years ago,
> got a government guy who really knows his stuff on
> that subject to confirm it was a bobcat.
> I've also seen prints but that was near where rt 7
> crosses the blue ridge
In McLean in the early 1980s, I saw a bobcat bounce out of our yard, right off Kirby near Old Dominion. It was dusk. Looked like a big cat but with long legs. Too long to be a house-cat. and when it ran, it bounced. crazy.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2016 11:18PM by causeican.
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Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
camera hunter
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Date: January 16, 2016 12:19PM
If you want to see any your best chance is to go in areas where sightings have been while snow is on the ground and track the prints. Their camo is no good in the snow, just be aware and stay at least half a football field away. Its not hard to track one down in those conditions (provided you find tracks first) it just takes silence, determination and patience. Wear white too and don't smoke.
I need to find the pics I took of the bobcat I tracked on skyline drive a couple years ago. I found the den and had to wait half a day for it to come out
I need to find the pics I took of the bobcat I tracked on skyline drive a couple years ago. I found the den and had to wait half a day for it to come out
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
my7Ty
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Date: January 16, 2016 12:22PM
BTyfd Wrote:
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> Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in Fort Belvoir North.
The term "pack" is usually not applicable. "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group of coyotes would typically consist of bonded parents and this year's offspring. Occasionally, offspring from last year as well.
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> Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in Fort Belvoir North.
The term "pack" is usually not applicable. "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group of coyotes would typically consist of bonded parents and this year's offspring. Occasionally, offspring from last year as well.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
pro
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Date: January 16, 2016 04:48PM
Snakes in the grass Wrote:
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> Just post "No Coyotes Allowed" signs around the
> perimeter of your property.
> Or you could bill them for a portion of the
> property tax.
You mean "Coyote Free Zone"
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> Just post "No Coyotes Allowed" signs around the
> perimeter of your property.
> Or you could bill them for a portion of the
> property tax.
You mean "Coyote Free Zone"
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
local...
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Date: January 16, 2016 05:40PM
Just drop a big anvil off of the mesa, that should get him!
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Poor Taste
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Date: January 16, 2016 06:13PM
my7Ty Wrote:
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> BTyfd Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in Fort
> Belvoir North.
>
> The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group of
> coyotes would typically consist of bonded parents
> and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> offspring from last year as well.
Like Niggers?
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> BTyfd Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in Fort
> Belvoir North.
>
> The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group of
> coyotes would typically consist of bonded parents
> and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> offspring from last year as well.
Like Niggers?
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Frank S.
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Date: January 16, 2016 07:01PM
I see a coyote around my ffx neighborhood occasionally. They're bigger than the foxes. Never seen a Bobcat. I know those fuckers are around, but they're supposed to be really elusive.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
You could aready be a loser
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Date: January 16, 2016 07:50PM
Poor Taste Wrote:
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> Like Niggers?
Your Mama turned you out, eh? Not much of a surprise there. That's why there's the Lambe Centre.
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> Like Niggers?
Your Mama turned you out, eh? Not much of a surprise there. That's why there's the Lambe Centre.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Bobcat Hunter
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Date: January 16, 2016 08:00PM
causeican Wrote:
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> > In McLean in the early 1980s, I saw a bobcat
> bounce out of our yard, right off Kirby near Old
> Dominion. It was dusk. Looked like a big cat but
> with long legs. Too long to be a housecoat. and
> when it ran, it bounced. crazy.
I've seen one in my neighborhood much more recently than that. I was even able to get a good, clear pic:
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> > In McLean in the early 1980s, I saw a bobcat
> bounce out of our yard, right off Kirby near Old
> Dominion. It was dusk. Looked like a big cat but
> with long legs. Too long to be a housecoat. and
> when it ran, it bounced. crazy.
I've seen one in my neighborhood much more recently than that. I was even able to get a good, clear pic:
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Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
posse
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Date: January 16, 2016 08:25PM
Poor Taste Wrote:
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> my7Ty Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > BTyfd Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in
> Fort
> > Belvoir North.
> >
> > The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> > "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group
> of
> > coyotes would typically consist of bonded
> parents
> > and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> > offspring from last year as well.
>
>
> Like Niggers?
Then its called a posse
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> my7Ty Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > BTyfd Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in
> Fort
> > Belvoir North.
> >
> > The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> > "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group
> of
> > coyotes would typically consist of bonded
> parents
> > and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> > offspring from last year as well.
>
>
> Like Niggers?
Then its called a posse
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
eerrrr dont think so
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Date: January 16, 2016 08:37PM
Poor Taste Wrote:
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> my7Ty Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > BTyfd Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in
> Fort
> > Belvoir North.
> >
> > The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> > "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group
> of
> > coyotes would typically consist of bonded
> parents
> > and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> > offspring from last year as well.
>
>
> Like Niggers?
No, not like niggers. He said "bonded parents".
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> my7Ty Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > BTyfd Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in
> Fort
> > Belvoir North.
> >
> > The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> > "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group
> of
> > coyotes would typically consist of bonded
> parents
> > and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> > offspring from last year as well.
>
>
> Like Niggers?
No, not like niggers. He said "bonded parents".
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
We are family
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Date: January 16, 2016 09:38PM
my7Ty Wrote:
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> BTyfd Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in Fort
> Belvoir North.
>
> The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group of
> coyotes would typically consist of bonded parents
> and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> offspring from last year as well.
Not according to this site. A pack includes a family.
http://www.urbancoyoteproject.com/blog/2015/4/05/10-fascinating-facts-about-urban-coyotes
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> BTyfd Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yeah, there's a coyote pack that lives in Fort
> Belvoir North.
>
> The term "pack" is usually not applicable.
> "Family" would be more appropriate, as a group of
> coyotes would typically consist of bonded parents
> and this year's offspring. Occasionally,
> offspring from last year as well.
Not according to this site. A pack includes a family.
http://www.urbancoyoteproject.com/blog/2015/4/05/10-fascinating-facts-about-urban-coyotes
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Burke Brat
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Date: January 17, 2016 12:16AM
Are you Surprised? If your on Sydenstricker there are numerous Foxes and you are bordered by numerous parks and Lakes which provide lots of free food. I have a Lab and am not to worried, I just wish they would get more squirrels and Chipmunks.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
seen em around
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Date: January 17, 2016 08:15PM
My kids were riding their bikes one day and saw a coyote and a fox having a stand off. Later that week I saw one disappearing down a storm drain and there were reports of sightings of a mom coyote and her offspring.
Yes, coyotes are most certainly in Fairfax. Have been for years.
Yes, coyotes are most certainly in Fairfax. Have been for years.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Judge.Hardcastle
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Date: January 17, 2016 08:33PM
Damn, I thought you meant one of these...
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Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Original PostER
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Date: January 17, 2016 10:33PM
ORIGINAL POSTER HERE...FUNNY COMMENTS ABOVE, BUT I HAVE ZERO DOUBT IT WAS A COYOTE. I WAS surprised to see one, but wasn't surprised that they are here in our area. No, it was not a fox, we have tons of those. I walk my lab thru the park (which is basically my backyard) and we have a few fox that come up to our back porch area all the time. All colors - red, gray, mixed. I just posted the coyote sighting because it was actually exciting to see it. Call them what you want, but I just see it as we haven't killed everything off yet, and these coyotes seem to be doing quite well.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
housecougar
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Date: January 17, 2016 10:52PM
causeican Wrote:
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> Too long to be a housecoat.
Are you absolutely 100% sure it wasn't a housecoat?
I've seen some beautiful housecoats on sale at Marshalls that have leopard print stylings, one could be easily fooled.
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> Too long to be a housecoat.
Are you absolutely 100% sure it wasn't a housecoat?
I've seen some beautiful housecoats on sale at Marshalls that have leopard print stylings, one could be easily fooled.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
Burke Brat
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Date: January 17, 2016 10:58PM
I saw one on Shiplett a few months back, I am surprised on Facebook to see comments about people calling Animal control for them. Hopefully the rodents take a dive, next would be the Geese.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
coyote ugly
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Date: January 17, 2016 11:23PM
Original PostER Wrote:
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> ORIGINAL POSTER HERE...FUNNY COMMENTS ABOVE, BUT I
> HAVE ZERO DOUBT IT WAS A COYOTE. I WAS surprised
> to see one, but wasn't surprised that they are
> here in our area. No, it was not a fox, we have
> tons of those. I walk my lab thru the park (which
> is basically my backyard) and we have a few fox
> that come up to our back porch area all the time.
> All colors - red, gray, mixed. I just posted the
> coyote sighting because it was actually exciting
> to see it. Call them what you want, but I just
> see it as we haven't killed everything off yet,
> and these coyotes seem to be doing quite well.
You used to never see coyotes and other wild animals hanging around subdivisions the way they do now. Now their are fox pups playing in front yards, coyotes walking across patios, deer ambling down streets.
When there were more woods, the wild animals stayed hidden. Now they are out and about. I now live in a more densely wooded, less populated area and I actually see less in the way of wildlife than I did when I lived in Fairfax. I don't think that seeing wild animals roaming neighborhood streets is necessarily a good thing..
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> ORIGINAL POSTER HERE...FUNNY COMMENTS ABOVE, BUT I
> HAVE ZERO DOUBT IT WAS A COYOTE. I WAS surprised
> to see one, but wasn't surprised that they are
> here in our area. No, it was not a fox, we have
> tons of those. I walk my lab thru the park (which
> is basically my backyard) and we have a few fox
> that come up to our back porch area all the time.
> All colors - red, gray, mixed. I just posted the
> coyote sighting because it was actually exciting
> to see it. Call them what you want, but I just
> see it as we haven't killed everything off yet,
> and these coyotes seem to be doing quite well.
You used to never see coyotes and other wild animals hanging around subdivisions the way they do now. Now their are fox pups playing in front yards, coyotes walking across patios, deer ambling down streets.
When there were more woods, the wild animals stayed hidden. Now they are out and about. I now live in a more densely wooded, less populated area and I actually see less in the way of wildlife than I did when I lived in Fairfax. I don't think that seeing wild animals roaming neighborhood streets is necessarily a good thing..
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
All is lost, All is lost
()
Date: January 18, 2016 03:36PM
The White People in suburbia must be freaking out and making a mad dash to arm themselves. Shangri-La no more.
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
coyote ugly
()
Date: January 18, 2016 04:26PM
If you want to lure one near you than rub some grease on your balls. They love that shit
Re: COYOTE on my Street FFX pkway Sydenstricker exit
Posted by:
re-re
()
Date: January 18, 2016 04:38PM
All is lost, All is lost Wrote:
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> The White People in suburbia must be freaking out
> and making a mad dash to arm themselves.
> Shangri-La no more.
This already happened when all the spics showed up.
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> The White People in suburbia must be freaking out
> and making a mad dash to arm themselves.
> Shangri-La no more.
This already happened when all the spics showed up.