In Reply to: Re: Coyotes in Claremont Park posted by Amaranita on Monday, November 11th 2024:

My first and only Bronx Coyote sighting was back in 1990 on the Deegan Expressway along the jersey barriers on the north bound side. It was about a mile from the x/Bronx to Deegan north entrance ramp, at about the Morris Park area. I stopped and got out thinking it was an injured dog either a Malamute or a Siberian Husky. Hardly any traffic, it was about 1 am in the morning. I was familiar with both breeds, so on closeup I noticed it was neither, but was in denial it could have been a coyote at that time! A friend later from Highway Patrol confirmed that it was indeed a coyote!
In 1985 I worked at Mark Buick in Tuckahoe NY, west of Jackson Avenue near the Sprain Parkway. Behind the property was a stream. One hot summer day, an employee came in and shouted there was a deer at the stream! We all ran out in disbelief, but he was right! The doe was drinking from the stream! We never saw her again after that first sighting.
One well documented case of wildlife in NYC is Jose, "the Bronx River Beaver" back in 2006...the first confirmed beaver in New York City in over 200 years. You can easily read up about Jose, much on him in various Bronx River Alliance writeups.

Reference ID: BX92664

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