Coyotes invade my neighborhood

Coyotes invade metro suburb

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In the heart of a Plymouth neighborhood, the Johnson's backyard attracts the birds, the bunnies and Thursday afternoon around lunchtime.

"I grabbed the camera and took a picture of it," said Stephanie Johnson.

A coyote stopped by their backyard.

"Oops there it is," said Johnson thumbing through the photos on her camera.

Stephanie Johnson captured Minnesota's most plentiful large predator from just inside her home.

She spotted it prancing along the tree line while the temperature hovered around zero.

"Kind of scary now, it's still cool."

The picture shows the coyote near their compost pile. She took the picture, it slipped around the corner and as gracefully as could be, jumped the neighbor's fence.

"Either a fox or a coyote, we have wetland in the backyard and it wonders through the backyard," said Dawn Swanson who lives down the street.

Plymouth police say the neighborhoods are prime habitat, full of wetlands, wildlife and plenty of forested cover.

This latest sighting is the only one we know of that neighbors have caught on camera, but it's likely not the only one around.

Comment: This is about a hundred yards from my house. Map below:


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