Coyote Love - American River Natural History Association

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The American River Natural History Association
ACORN
Number 171
www.arnha.org
Spring 2015
Coyote Love
story and photograph by Guy Galante
The Valentine’s
Day season is upon
us, and love is in the air in
the Parkway! But, love is
not a word that everybody
uses to describe their
feelings about coyotes.
Some will scowl believing their cat or
small dog fell prey to one. Others will glow while
telling the story of coyote song heard at night.
Whatever the personal feelings towards them, coyotes play
an important role in helping to shape the natural communities
in which they live. As predators, they help keep populations of
mice, rabbits, and other small animals in check. But coyotes also
prey on other predators like raccoons and skunks, and this fact
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January to March is coyote mating season, and the males
have been courting female partners since December and January. For those of us lucky enough to see prolonged glimpses of
these canines, some will notice that coyotes are often in pairs
these winter months.
Evidence shows that coyotes are quite loyal to their partner;
they mate for life unless their partner is removed or displaced.
Some people who travel regular paths in the Parkway have grown
to know certain coyote pairs and have watched their family grow
and expand year after year. Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em,
there’s something to be said about seeing the young pups playing
about, with their oversized ears and clunky paws!
The gestation period for a female coyote averages 63 days.
She births an average of 3-6 pups in an underground den. The
number of pups varies depending on how much food is available. Litter size also depends on how many coyotes live in the
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Parkway seem to indicate that there is a small family grouping
in each of the main access points to the park. Recently, an adult
pair was spotted in River Bend Park and, then, in Gristmill a
few days later. So there is obviously overlap in their range and
territory.
Coyotes are known to use the same den year after year, but
here in the Parkway, they may have multiple sites to avoid human disturbances, especially during the busy spring and summer
months when human activity increases and encroaches on the
wild spaces.
If a coyote pair is forced to relocate, they will actually relocate the pups one at a time, requiring them to leave the pups
unattended for short periods. The female nurses them in the
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explore the outside of the den. The mother continues to nurse
them, but by this time they’re also eating partially digested food
regurgitated by their parents.
During this time, the male coyote attends to the female and
their pups and brings food to the den for the family. The pups
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often break out on their own later that fall. Some family groups
stay together over the winter, and the yearlings will help raise
the next round of pups the following spring and summer.
Parkway users generally begin to see the pups out and about
in June and July. In recent years, cold, dry winters and warmer
spring temperatures seem to have brought pups out as early
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Exhibit Opens:
Imperiled Wildlife on Display
Kit foxes, giant kangaroo rats, and blunt-nosed leopard
lizards are only a few of the wild creatures highlighted in
the award-winning educational exhibit “Endangered Species
of California’s Central Valley” that has returned for an encore
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Photos and artwork of animal and plant life and interactive experiences are designed to appeal to visitors of all
ages and abilities. Visitors can crawl through a human-sized
burrow and learn about the shy, bushy-tailed endangered
San Joaquin Kit Fox. Or they can try on a pair of 10 ft. California Condor wings, then learn about efforts to bring this
endangered bird back from near-extinction while “feeding”
a condor chick puppet along with its puppet “mom.”
see Wildlife on page 4
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President’s Message
Dear ARNHA Members:
As I remember the past year and look forward to upcoming activities and events,
I am reminded of the exceptional support we receive from organizations and individuals in the community.
I am grateful that during the holiday season we received so many generous donations. Many of our donors are listed elsewhere in the newsletter. Thank you.
The sheer magnitude of our volunteer effort was apparent at the appreciation
lunch for volunteers. Dozens of people – including docents, receptionists, trail walkers, habitat restorers, animal care helpers, fundraising assistants, and board members
– came together to enjoy a festive lunch, recognize the contributions of their peers,
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without their skills -- and the 18,000 hours a year that they contribute.
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Paddle” at the Art Gala, is in full swing with more than 100 classes already booked
at no charge for children attending Title I schools.
We are working on planning Bird and Breakfast for the weekend of March 21 and
22 with help from the Sacramento Audubon Society (SAS). SAS will be providing us
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Study Area in advance and setting up scopes at nest sites so that our participants can
get a close up view of our feathered residents “at home.” The Carmichael Kiwanis
are making us their unrivaled Pancake Breakfast for Sunday and providing a top-notch
crew to work in the kitchen. On Saturday, Board and Associate Board members will
be demonstrating their culinary skills with our traditional breakfast casseroles.
Sacramento Fine Arts Center is our partner for the Art Gala scheduled for Saturday, May 30. Plans are shaping up very nicely: Moni and Greg Kondos and Doris
Matsui have agreed to be Honorary Chairpersons; David Lobenberg is judging the
art show; Dave Bender of Channel 13 has agreed to be our celebrity MC; and David
Sobon will be conducting the auction.
We appreciate all that our members and others in the community do to keep
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Liz Williamson
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Holiday Sale – Best Ever
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The Discovery Shop that day. Favorite goods were the Rusty Birds garden décor, Wheelhouse bird socks, 2 Magpies for Joy hand-made soaps, Lucuma Gourd
birdhouses and ornaments, and the fridge rover toy. The top-selling vendor was
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“Thank you to all those who shopped and who helped make this happen,”
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Coyotes, from page one
as May, and litters have been noticeably
smaller in number, 1-2 pups on average.
Research shows that only one in five
coyote pups survives the first year.In
the wild, some coyotes live to the age of
eleven years or more, about as long as
engage with humans and their pets, but
they are, after all, wild dogs, so caution
should always be exercised.
In the end, one can learn much from
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different from each other. They stick together as a team and co-parent when they
can. Their children participate in family
matters. They persevere through adversity. They serve their community. They are
loyal to one another. The American River
Parkway is important to their lives.
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in the American River Parkway, see if you
can spot the loving
pairs of these wild
dogs. The way the
sighting makes you
feel might just surprise you.
Photo by Guy Galante
Guy Galante,
an outdoor educator,
dedicates his free time
to photographing the
American River Parkway, especially coyotes.
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wildlife photographs to
teach about the River’s
bounty in hope of creating future stewards of
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large dogs. Captive coyotes, which face
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years. Our Parkway coyotes certainly face
greater risks while living in and amongst
urban and suburban environments. They
are much more likely to get hit by a car
than preyed upon by a mountain lion.
One of the greatest dangers to coyotes
is an off-leash domestic dog, which also
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way into coyote hangouts. This activity
can force a coyote to abandon its food or
move from what would otherwise be safe
habitat. Domestic dogs that wander “out
of bounds” may be met by aggressive
coyotes that are simply trying to protect
their dens in the spring months. Larger
dogs may engage with the coyotes, while
smaller dogs have been known to run into
the thicket but not return.
Coyotes may even “gruff ” at walkers
with leashed dogs who inadvertently get
too close to the den area. It is important
to respect the coyote territory and spaces,
mind your dogs, and stay on designated
trails. It should be noted that it is extremely rare for coyotes to aggressively
April 24/25 - Art Accepted for
Show and May 30 Art Gala
All artists are invited to enter the Sixth Annual Art Gala sponsored by The
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Wildlife from page one
A visitor can press a button next to
a condor head and hear a recorded voice
instructing a young condor to fend off
a coyote by such tactics as hissing and
throwing up.
A Microslide Viewer offers a look
into a vernal pool, a temporary pond
that is home of inch-long fairy shrimp.
There’s an exhibit of Desert Tortoises
that live up to 80 years. And another
exhibit features the federally protected
Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle that
is often the center of controversy over
proposed development.
Visitors can read “success stories”
about the Bald Eagle, Swainson’s Hawk,
and Peregrine Falcon while listening to
their “calls,” and explore the life cycle
of salmon through photos, games, artwork and text.
An electronic game helps clear the
confusion over terms like “threatened”
and “species of concern.”
The exhibit traces the history of
California wildlife protection and ways
that people are working together to save
wildlife. It shows how farmers are restoring wildlife habitat on their property
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farming practices. A video shows endangered plants.
“With this wonderful exhibit, we
want to help make sure these plants
and animals don’t disappear from the
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this year’s exhibit along with former
Wesley Armstrong, with his dad Daniel, views vernal critters through the Microslide Viewer.
(<1&H[HFXWLYHGLUHFWRU0DULOHH)ODQnery, who pioneered its development,
and volunteers Mike Cardwell and Greg
Hutchison.
Marilee and Kari Bauer, Acorn photographer, built the “Grandma Condor”
model for the Ventana Wildlife Society’s
condor exhibit seen at various museums in the state before it was donated
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It gives survival advice to young condors that were hatched in a zoo, such as
avoiding people and power poles.
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day except Monday, unless Monday is a
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Adela Jazbo tries on life-size California Condor wings.
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Volunteers Feted
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Wildlife Count Records 122 Bird Species
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Species seen by only one team included: Snow Goose, Greater White-fronted
Goose, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall,
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died last April 23. Paddlers in one of the two canoes of Team
11, the Beavers, discovered an impassable wall of rocks and
minor rapids in the middle of the American River but happily
were rescued by paddlers in the other canoe.
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Discovery Park Quarry Pond,” Avery said. “They also reported
extremely numerous housecats at Discovery Park. Team 8,
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‡ Luanne Clayton
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‡ Ronald & Suzanne Leineke
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‡ Shira and Donald Gilbert
‡ Mary & Peter Lennarz
‡ Gene Andal
in memory of David Jaurequi
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‡ Janice Anderson
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in memory of
‡ JoEllen Arnold
‡ William Cordonnier
‡ Gary Gravier
Lloyd & Margaret Lewis
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in memory of M.B. Tasker
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‡ Jacqueline Crawley
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Ann Marie Kennedy
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in honor of Hunter Merritt
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in honor of EYNC staff
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Ann McClintock
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Jim Guigli
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in memory of Janet Baker
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loud, rattling cry is the trademark of this slate-blue and white,
robin-sized bird as it whips low along valley rivers and
streams.
With its bushy, unkempt crest, spear-like bill, short
tail, and short legs, it looks top-heavy as it perches on
a cottonwood root sticking out from the river’s bank. The
slate-blue bib rests on its white breast, while the female also sports
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Young Birders Build Interest and Skills in Birding
by Rachael Cowan
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This winter the urge to bird has reached our youngest nature enthusiasts. On Tuesday,
December 23, twenty children ages 6 to 11 arrived at a crisp 8:30 a.m. for the sold out
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David Rosen helps a young birder handle the spotting scope.
Sophie, age 7, said, “I really liked the blue of the Western Scrub Jays’ feathers. And I really liked the antlers on
the bucks; they were super big. And I really liked the cake
and prizes.” Olivia, age 10, said, “I think the Red-tailed
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Audubon’s annual Kid’s Christmas Bird Count event. On
a near spring-like day, a gorgeous day for birding, over 25
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the trails with their Audubon leaders and parents or grandparents. The children logged an astounding 55 species, yet
the scores of deer were the highlight of the day for many.
Participants Bella and Aidan both said their favorite bird
was the Black Phoebe because they had some good close-up
views. Bella and Maliya both thought they had the best looks
ever at the RED in the Northern Flicker’s wings and tail.
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banks of the American River. The annual Spring Cleanup sponsored by the
American River Parkway Foundation will
take place on Saturday, April 11. Picking
up litter in the parkway helps reduce trash
that could pollute the American River and
harm native wildlife.
Ancil Hoffman Park is one of the
main sites for the cleanup, which runs
from 9:00 A.M. until noon. Volunteers
should wear long pants and sturdy shoes;
water and snacks will be provided by the
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