[Raven]

the california coyote is much smaller....
and they still run 60 pounds and up..

my solid smaller queensland blue healer
a running dog so fast she outruns everything
and is related to the wild dingo....down under
also known as a "cattle dog" is half their
size and she weighs close to 60 pounds.

the one i saw in my back yard was as tall as
a german shepard so there may be some
in- breeding with the wolves or domestic dogs
that have gone wild...somewhere...
because these specimens are quite large.

sign is easy to find...they crap on top of rocks.
i've climbed rocks that were like... pillar shaped
and found coyote dung up on top of them.