The video was captured by Brett Cohn over the weekend on Saturday inside the park's Cherry Hill area.
The Mornings @ 10 team talks about the recent sighting.The video was captured by Brett Cohn on Saturday inside the park's Cherry Hill area -- not far from Bethesda Fountain.
"I knew right away it wasn't a dog off its leash, it took me a second to realize this is the coyote," Cohn said Tuesday.Cohn knew to keep his distance and made sure not to do anything that would scare the animal, which wildlife experts believe is healthy and not a threat to the public if we leave it be and do not feed it.
Coyotes are normally shy and usually thrive in an environment like Central Park because of all of the food sources: grass, mice, rats and geese."Coyotes are more active at night or dawn or dusk, usually they prefer to hunt at night when its quiet with people, their nocturnal prey are out," said Katrina Toal with the NYC Parks Wildlife Unit.
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