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A Los Trancos Woods Inventor Has Not Put Away His Childhood Imagination Section 2 Apr.Com Living with coyotes in Almanac country page 3 THE HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR MENLO PARK, ATHERTON, PORTOLA VALLEY AND WOODSIDE APRIL 13, 2011 | VOL. 46 NO. 33 WWW.THEALMANACONLINE.COM A Los Trancos Woods inventor has not put away his childhood imagination Section 2 apr.com Go to open.apr.com for the Bay Area’s only complete online open home guide. ATHERTON Chateau Carolina custom home built in 2003 on a cul-de-sac. Pool, Pool House, Tennis court, putting green, in ground trampoline, wine cellar, theater room, 4 car plus 1 car garage; vineyard; orchard; hand distressed walnut hardwood floors; Lutron lighting system; elevator; Green building technology for energy and water use. $11,500,000 WOODSIDE This unique single-story home is located on one of Woodside’s most desirable streets. 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Ms. Finch- Award Winning Since 1985 Special to the Almanac Morales said the coyote was tied www.blueskydesignsinc.com up in someone’s backyard being issing cat posters are a kept as an illegal pet. Sierra is “very Masonry-Plantings-Woodwork-Irrigation-Water Features-Drainage-Pools/Spas-Lighting common sight in some unsocialized,” afraid of dogs, and Mparts of Woodside where unfit to be released into the wild. cats disappear on a regular basis. Coyotes “are wild animals, and “We’ve lost cats to coyotes and the more wild spaces we take up, the /B/AB3=4B63>3<7<AC:/ cars over the years,” John Demma more we have to share the environ- /Q]`\cQ]^WO]T`SabOc`O\baO\RQOTSa^`]dWRW\U said matter-of-factly, acknowledg- ment with them, “ she said. bVSTW\SabRW\W\UT`][P`c\QVb]RSaaS`b ing that he lives along “a natural She believes the best way to co- corridor” where Beach Gulch Creek exist safely with coyotes is to avoid meanders through acres of water- attracting them into the neighbor- 0`SOYTOab:c\QV2W\\S` shed area next to Woodside Road. hood. She suggested “not leaving “We get mountain lions, foxes out food or water” and securely and bobcats, too,” he said, but closing garbage cans because “coy- DWdSA]Z1]QW\O;SfWQO\O what’s unnerving is seeing “two or otes will dumpster dive as much as 2020 W. El Camino Real, Mtn. View three coyotes on the creek within Photo by Justin Miel raccoon or skunks.” (650) 938-2020 100 feet of the house.” Once kept as an illegal pet, this Coyotes “prefer meat (rodents Just down the road, his neighbor, coyote now lives at CuriOdyssey, and rabbits), but they’re omnivores Specializing in the Cuisine of Puebla. Gina Baldwin, had a cat show up formerly called Coyote Point and will eat fruit and nuts to fill Open daily for lunch and dinner. one morning “with his leg dan- Museum in San Mateo. them up. They’re opportunists and gling.” She never heard a noise, but they’re not that picky,” she said. suspects coyotes might have mauled coyotes on Portola Road dart by They will eat other mammals 1]TTSSBSO him. She said she has seen them “at him in daylight. It’s when he hears and don’t care if it’s a fresh kill or my fence taunting the dogs” when a pack of them howling at night that road kill. her dog was in heat. spooks him and gets him thinking, “If you have small animals such 1]\\]WaaSc`1]TTSS1] Coyotes have been known to breed “I wonder if they go after people?” as a cat or a small dog, a Chihuahua 2801 Middlefield Road, Redwood City with dogs and wolves, but as they In rare instances, there have or Yorkie, don’t leave them outside reach the end of mating season this been attacks on humans, but “coy- unsupervised,” she advised. (650) 369-5250 9am-5:30pm Mon. - Sat. month, coyotes are mostly seeking otes by nature are very fearful,” Ms. Finch-Morales said keeping Coffee roasting & fine teas, out other coyotes in the area. according to Nikii Finch-Morales, property “uncluttered, closed and espresso bar, retail & wholesale. They are on the prowl, calling to director of wildlife at CuriOdys- clear” is also important because each other more than usual. Coy- sey, formerly called Coyote Point coyotes are known to make dens in otes usually hunt between dusk and Museum in San Mateo. open storage and gardening sheds, dawn, but can be spotted moving The museum has a coyote on and/or in heavily planted and pro- B]/RdS`bWaSW\¿/BOabS]TbVS>S\W\acZOÀQOZZBVS/Z[O\OQ$#&#" $ $ around during the day. exhibit, a female named Sierra who tected areas. Biking through Portola Valley, was confiscated by the California Visit keepmewild.org for tips Dave Boyce has seen individual Department of Fish and Game from the California Department of Fish and Game on how to make yards less welcoming: put Coyotes race through Atherton away bird feeders at night, cover compost piles, pick up ripe fruit By Sandy Brundage them howling Tuesday night. off the ground, and install motion- Almanac Staff Writer Lt. Joe Wade of the Atherton sensitive lighting. hat was something,” police department said there “If followed by a coyote, make said Joni Woodside as have been no other reports of loud noises,” the website advises. she described watching coyotes running amok to date. “If this fails, throw rocks in the ‘T animal’s direction.” a pack of at least three coyotes Keep pets safe by bringing chase a deer through her Atherton them inside at sunset, and don’t Coyotes are territorial but can neighborhood last week. “I’ve let cats and dogs roam freely, cover a couple of miles while been on this street for 40-some- said Mary Paglieri, a wildlife hunting, and run at up to 40 mph. thing years and I have never seen consultant and president of Adult coyotes have brownish gray coyotes. It was quite frightening.” the Little Blue Society. She fur, large ears, and bushy tails. 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