I wonder if they could help with the Mute Swan situation too.

Denise Ryan
Cheverly, MD

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Only part of the article is on Canada Geese, but I had never read about this finding before and thought that others might find it of interest.

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Thriving under our noses, stealthily: coyotes

Jan. 5, 2006
Courtesy Ohio State University
and World Science staff

Scientists have long thought coyotes intently avoid cities, but a new study has found the opposite.

Groups of the historically maligned dog relatives are thriving in some large U.S. cities: they lurk in darkness and come out at night, probably helping the human inhabitants by eating vermin, the study found.