Possible coyote footage in Baltimore County

sonicnofadz · Mar 18, 2017

Shot this footage from my house viewing across the street, at night. I live in Perry Hall (not far from APG, where there have been many coyote sightings). I only live a few miles from 695, (just up route 1), fairly urban neighborhood. Can anyone identify what these critters are? Foxes? Raccoons? Coyotes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnHZaEZ51vM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMk2DtJBZCI

I've seen them multiple times, I think they are being attracted to the cat food my neighbor throws out on her front porch.

fabsroman · Mar 18, 2017

sonicnofadz said:
Shot this footage from my house viewing across the street, at night. I live in Perry Hall (not far from APG, where there have been many coyote sightings). I only live a few miles from 695, (just up route 1), fairly urban neighborhood. Can anyone identify what these critters are? Foxes? Raccoons? Coyotes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnHZaEZ51vM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMk2DtJBZCI

I've seen them multiple times, I think they are being attracted to the cat food my neighbor throws out on her front porch.

Definitely not a raccoon or a coyote. My guess would be a fox. They just seem a tad bit too big to be a fox and their head seems to be a little too big. The tail matches for a fox though. They also seem to be too thick/muscular to be a fox. Who knows, maybe a cross between a fox and a domesticated dog.

BigDaddy · Mar 18, 2017

Absolutely not a raccoon. I am not used to thermal imaging and it was hard to get a read on the size of the animal. I was leaning toward it being too large to be a fox. but the cat seemed bigger than I was expecting a cat to be. If it's a fox, it's not as graceful as my local fox. It reminded me more of a skittish puppy than a predator. It does have a bushier tail than nearly all dogs.

I don't know if your neighbor will appreciate being thermal imaged, but her cat is next up on the menu.

Topher · Mar 18, 2017

Might be time for a trail cam.

Agreed... Not a raccoon.

Chris · Mar 18, 2017

I vote fox tail too bushy for coyote also if running also most same trail that's what foxes will do. Coyote from what I have been told don't follow that type of pattern unless den near by or food source is in same area nightly. FoxTrapper might chime in as she is out there much more then most of us. Chris

iH8DemLibz · Mar 18, 2017

Engine4 · Mar 18, 2017

iH8DemLibz said:
Fox.

My thoughts too.

Rack&Roll · Mar 18, 2017

The Urban Foxes (new singing group) get bigger than what we are used to seeing in nature, thanks to the Cat Lady Buffet. Got a Super Fox in my neighborhood and yes, they make the same rounds like clockwork.

I wish cats would just injest Cat Ladies.

highli99 · Mar 18, 2017

Probably ManBearPig considering the proximity to APG.

Inigoes · Mar 18, 2017

Chupacabra, definitely

Speed3 · Mar 18, 2017

fox, in relation to that telephone poll that is my best guess

Jimbob2.0 · Mar 18, 2017

There was an article in the post a couple weeks ago about the amount of wolf genes making it into coyotes. Very interesting.

However are you sure it wasn't this kind of coyote?

PGTMG · Mar 18, 2017

iH8DemLibz said:
Fox.

this

sonicnofadz · Mar 19, 2017

Thanks for the input guys, I think most people tend to agree they appear to be foxes, behavior seems to also match that of a fox. Glad these are not coyotes (for the cat's safety), although many people around my area have reported seeing (and hearing) them in the wooded areas. Cant wait to bring this camera back home with me into some of the remote swamp areas of the eastern shore, god knows what I might see

Muleskinner · Mar 19, 2017

Fox...looks almost exactly like the foxes we hunt at night on the shore. It's tail is bushy like a fox or coyote but it's too low to the ground to be a yote..

jtb81100 · Mar 19, 2017

Definatly fox. Only reason they aren't going for the cats is the free cat food.

Squaregrouper · Mar 19, 2017

My vote is also Fox.
Someone once told me that Foxes walk and run with their tails straight out- as though they're afraid to let their tail touch the ground. Coyotes always walk/run with their tails pointed slightly downward; never slightly up.
I'm not 100% sure this is correct.

W2D · Mar 19, 2017

What FLIR is that?

sonicnofadz · Mar 21, 2017

W2D said:
What FLIR is that?

Armasight Zeus 640x42

Schipperke · Mar 21, 2017

Vulpes vulpes

Possible coyote footage in Baltimore County

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