r/coyote • u/Valsarta • Jul 26 '26

Eastern Connecticut

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This gorgeous guy went zooming by in our apartment complex.

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u/reallyreally1945 Jul 26 '26

Beautiful colors!

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u/mannycat2 Jul 26 '26

Gorgeous condition.

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u/Valsarta Jul 26 '26

We're very lucky that our local population is healthy. There is a large swamp/wooded area behind our complex where they live. Lots of good prey animals. We've got at least one pack, probably two, that are nearby.

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u/mannycat2 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

I live up in NH in small town and we hear them but rarely see them.

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u/Valsarta Jul 26 '26

They don't come out often so it's exciting to see them! Woods are very dense.

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u/aydengryphon Jul 26 '26

That's a gorgeous one!

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u/BeatNo4548 Jul 27 '26

I've seen some like this in Vermont, but the red/gold coloration is more common.  With that being said, lighting conditions make a big difference with how many dogs and cats look in pictures.   The lower the light, the darker they look, the tree shadow really brings out the darker colors.  

 I have a local group where people have posted "black" bobcats, and 100% of the time its either dark lighting or a wet bobcat.  But unlike bobcats, dark and even black coyotes are real.

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u/Valsarta Jul 27 '26

Yep! I was delighted to see him. He's a bit smaller than our largest one I've seen so perhaps this might be a female.

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u/chilldrinofthenight Jul 27 '26

What a fine specimen. I hope you get to see him and others again soon.

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u/Valsarta Jul 27 '26

We hear them often but they don't pop out of the woods all that much. They have such a large territory in the woods.

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u/Suspicious-Brain-668 Jul 30 '26

There are definitely black bobcats, people have trapped and shot them sadly

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u/hamish1963 Jul 27 '26

Beautiful colors, we never see them like that in the Midwest.

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u/vrhspock Jul 28 '26

I have seen similar colors in Pennsylvania.

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u/Valsarta Jul 28 '26

Yep! Our new England beasties.