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New Canaan Police: Coyotes Dwell behind Norwalk Armory

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New Canaan police believe three new reported sightings of a “coywolf”—cross between an eastern wolf and western coyote—are the same animal. Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt also said most of the coyotes in this area live in the wilderness behind the Armory right on the New Canaan-Norwalk line, off of Merritt Parkway Exit 38. “They run around back there, and a month from now the females will give birth so that the males become lone hunters,” Kleinschmitt told NewCanaanite.com. “That’s the only time the coyotes den, is when they’re giving birth, and then it’s a 10-mile radius for them to find food.”

Though the high season for coyotes generally doesn’t arrive until the weather is a bit warmer and females give birth, frequent sightings are popping up all over New Canaan. The coyote pictured at right was spotted off of Evergreen Road on Thursday (March 13).

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8th Coyote Spotted in New Canaan in February [UPDATE]

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Update Feb. 28

Since the first article ran, five coyotes have been sighted at three locations in New Canaan—today, two on East Cross Road and one on Lakeview Avenue. We have updated the searchable map below, and will continue to do that as more coyotes are spotted here. Original Article

Recent reports of a coyote seen on Michigan Road marked the fourth reported sighting of the species in New Canaan in 2014 and third this month, raising fears well ahead of the animal’s high season, officials say. The Feb.