I took the partners for their early morning walk this morning over by the filtration plant. We were walking along the crest of the hill where the kids toboggan in winter, when I heard a car horn. I looked down where the filtration plant folks… Read More
The City has finally put up some signs letting people know there are coyotes in Sam Smith Park. They have been around as long as we’ve lived here, but it seems that there have been increased sightings over the past couple years. At least I… Read More
Check out the fantastic coyote photos at the Friends of Sam Smith Park blog. Our dog walker has seen them twice recently while out with the partners. She noted that one of them had a tracking collar as well.
I took the dogs out for our after dinner walk this evening as usual. We headed over toward the water filtration plant on the other side of 23rd St. My plan was to walk over to the edge of the hill and see if there… Read More
Halton regional police say they shot and killed a coyote in Oakville on Thursday — and they’re warning people in the community to be on the lookout for others. There have been lots of coyote sightings this winter closer to home too, over in Sam… Read More
We were at the dog park beside the filtration plant tonight and heard about another coyote sighting in Sam Smith Park, this one in the parking lot across from the dog park. Another was spotted recently at the skate park and another by the beach… Read More
What a pleasant weekend for November! Still, I know winter is very close at hand because they have been hauling the boats out of the water down at the yacht club. Last week I could see the top of the crane beyond the hill and… Read More
Lots of people in Toronto would like the City to “do something” about the marked increase in coyote sightings and contact in the Toronto area. Noise about this got louder recently after a coyote snatched one of a Pickering resident’s Pomeranians. Residents can’t have it… Read More
Saturday, two coyotes attacked a dog near Bluffers Park in Scarborough. For those not from around these parts, Scarborough is a suburb to the east of Toronto and Bluffers Park is parkland along Lake Ontario. The owner of the dog fought off the coyotes as… Read More
Several mornings ago, Tuffy P was taking Memphis for her morning constitutional, when she came across another dog owner in Sam Smith Park. This fellow owned a hound dog who had just tracked and rousted a coyote down by the yacht club. A couple evenings… Read More
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