"1st St" Coyote Spotted AGAIN, This Time At Paloma Ave. (Bluff Park area)

(July 21, 2014) -- A coyote has been spotted -- again -- in the 1st St. area, this time at Paloma Ave. Jim Meyer captured the sight and uploaded it onto Facebook. Mr. Meyer says, the coyote "walked from Coronado to past Obispo, headed for Temple. Laid down on a lawn at one point."

Area 1st St./Paloma Ave., July 21, 2014. Photo via Jim Meyer on Facebook

Zoom in from photo above. Original photo via Jim Meyer on Facebook

It's unclear whether this is the same coyote spotted by others on May 6 in the area of 1st St./Coronado Ave. (one block west of Redondo Ave.), believed to have been sizing up a dog taking a walk with a woman. LB Animal Care Services responded to the locaton, observed the coyote, chased it, hazed it and drove it off.

LB ACS Manager Ted Stevens told LBREPORT.com at the time of the May sighting that the coyote didn't run off immediately in May; instead, it tested its human pursuers. It jogged a bit ahead of the chasing officers, paused to see if the officers continued to pursue (as they did) and repeated this two or three times until the coyote finally took off at very high speed.

The visible presence of the coyote(s) set off a lively discussion on Justin Rudd's LongBeachCalif Facebook page. Some excerpts:

[B]ring small and old pets in at sundown to keep them safe. The coyotes were here first and we as humans need to learn to coexist with nature.
...yes coexisting with them is the only right thing to do
This "they were here first" nonsense is ridiculous....they are predators in a urban population. They pose a threat.....time to do something about them. They keep moving into more and more populated areas.
Move!
They need to dart him,and relocate him. Unsafe for them to be walking around mid afternoon. The population is growing,so they need to start hunting and killing them.
They need to dart you and relocate you...if you don't like it MOVE!
There will be a reaction when the coyote gets hungry...just saying.
They were here first just let nature take its course leave em alone......keep your pets inside temporarily.

LB ACS says coyotes coyotes can run at up to 40 mph and are quite intelligent. They learn from human behavior and shouldn't be allowed to become comfortable around people. Humans can make them feel unwelcome by throwing things, squirting them with a water hose when available or a super-soaker bottle filled with ammonia or vinegar.

Long Beach Animal Care Services has details coyotes:

"Living with Urban Coyotes" at this link, click here.
Frequently Asked Questions about coyotes

ACS manager Stevens said his agency has received reports of a coyote(s) in the general area and has canvassed a large area with fliers and information for residents on coyotes.

As LBREPORT.com reported on March 25, readers had reported on Facebook seeing a coyote in the Belmont Heights area. One resident described a "huge coyote...running down the alley behind Argonne Ave between 3rd and Vista" and another saying a coyote was seen in the area of Termino Ave./4th St. next to an elementary school.

The Facebook photo below was taken on March 24, approx. 7:45-8:00 a.m., roughly in the area of 3rd St./Granada Ave. [about 2.4 miles northeast]