The tail is full and bushy, usually carried pointing down. Ears are erect and pointed. Legs, ears and cheeks usually reddish. Coyotes in Suburbia The Eastern coyote, commonly believed to live only in the more wild parts of New York, readily adapts to living close to people.
Coyotes live throughout upstate New York.
They have been sighted in parts of New York City, and are common in the suburbs north of the City. As unlikely as it may seem, human development makes surprisingly good coyote habitat. As coyotes increasingly adapt to people, more encounters between humans and coyotes will occur, either as sightings, confrontations with pets, disturbed garbage or pet foods, or howling at night. Some background on coyote habits may help people understand these encounters and solve any problems that occur. To minimize conflicts, it is important that suburban residents do their part to maintain the natural fear that coyotes have of people.