59th and Woodward all the time.

In the Mistwood subdivision on Highland just south of I-88. They are frequently spotted there - but more in the past than lately.

There is one that wanders through my backyard nightly. He is living under a shed in the next block (Sherman). 61st and Woodward is part of the path he walks everynight through the back yards of the first 4 houses to his "home".

Are we really supposed to report sitings? The Willowbrook folks were wonderfully helpful when we had the "coyote nursery" next to our front porch but I did not know that we could/should report coyote sitings to the police. We see them several times aweek.

What do the police do anyway if they get a call? Probably nothing. Aninal control should be out at night setting traps. I have coyotes in Bolingbrook and I have encountered them and just yelled and
waved my arms. We just need to be aware they can be very dangerous in packs.

Can you add a date & time of the reporting to the map information?

Brian, not all of the sightings reported to me had specific times. Most of the people I heard from said they see coyotes frequently at the given location.

Coyotes also help with the skunk population. That alone makes them worth keeping around.Let's make wildlife afraid of humans by not feeding them or their prey. Recently, the Reporter, Suburban Life or the Patch (one of them - can't remember which) had a half page pic of a man and child feeding the ducks at Bart's Pond. There are quite a few signs around the Pond that clearly state to not feed them. OMG - now that's journalism - not.... Wild animals will continue to get bolder if we keep feeding them and their prey.

I arrive home from work at 1:00 am three nights a week. I would say I spotted one wandering around down Washington street just south of Ogden about five times this year. Keep waiting for one to greet me when I get out of my car.

There used to be 2 living in my neighbors brushpile near 59th & Woodward. Something bigger is around here though, I had a 20-lb Groundhog living under my shed. Something big killed it in my front yard, so much blood that it killed my grass. Fur everywhere. Next to the spot something took a dump to claim the kill. The pile looked like the size of a dog's in the range of 110-lbs. I know for sure my dog didn't do that. Wouldn't surprise me if I see a Wolf around here, remember when they found that Cougar in Chicago? If you go out at night, carry an air horn. Seriously.

Kudos to Amanda Luevano for the timely updates to the map and the article as new information became available.

Late last night I saw one at Maple & Brookbank. He ran into Denburn Woods. I see one quite frequently on the 5600 block of Hillcrest Rd. and then he runs down to Hillcrest School at Jefferson & Dunham. I've seen him in front of the school and in the playground/ball field in back.

Maple and Durand Drive

4900 block of Woodward ave. They appeared at least five times last February and March in our back yard, during the day, at all different times of the day. Twice there were two together. We have two large dogs who barked ferociously at them, within 20 feet of the coyotes, but the coyotes were not scared away. They just stared the dogs down. We called the village, animal control, Willowbrook Wildlife Center, and trappers. They all have good advice but no one can do anything to help. We have to rely on an airhorn to scare them away.

Springside and Jefferson

I saw one last spring on Brookbank and 61st in Downers Grove. I was on my bike and he actually started to make a run at me and then broke it off.

We have had a breeding pair produce one or two litters of pups in the Prentiss Creek neighborhood (between Woodward and I-355 South of 63rd Street) in the past, although they don't seem to have been around this summer.

On ramp to 63rd off 355 near Thorntons.....4 of them in the afternoon

Jefferson Ave...

LOL Also, saw one running down the sidewalk on Dunham next to the Hillcrest ballfield.

Darien Club subdivision( Darien Club Drive between Fairview and Cass Ave) next to Clarendon Hills Cemetery. Saw one walking through my backyard. Also found a squirrels tail, no squirrel attached.

8 AM Sunday Oct 14th 6019 Sherman......just trotting around like he owned the place!!!
1 block east of Woodward and 61st......off he goes.......

Saw one coyote NW corner of 61st and Springside

Johnson Woods across from Lyman Woods...but we see everything!

10:45 am, Oct. 26, 2012: Back yard 5636 Washington Street, D.G. and heading south.

I quite frequently see one in the back yards east of Fairmount Ave between 55th & 59th. I see him/her in the early evening moving south coming from the Barth pond area and heading toward 59th Street.

83rd and Woodward- We saw 2 a week ago around 720am in our backyard fighting with the neighbors dogs. We went on the side of our house to see if they left and they just casully walked by us into the easment next to our house, stopped and looked and then kept going. We see them all the time in the easement, walking down the sidewalk and in peoples yards. We can also hear them howling at night and have heard baby coyotes howling, so we think they may have a den close by.

Last fall, I saw a coyote standing in the middle of 67th St., just west of Saratoga (near Divine Savior and Mar-Duke Farm) at about 8:15 in the morning, while walking my son to school. I haven't seen one this fall.

Plainfield and Lemont Rd. just before sunrise and very frequently!

9pm Lee Ave and 61st.

Also in my front yard last November. It had mange and came into the yard at about 11 am, sat in the driveway and then trotted down the street. (Lee Ave. )

Just heard one howling area of 63rd and springside

saw one crossing Fairview near 55th going east probably came from Barth Pond.

Venard Road and Holland Place, early morning but during daylight hours

Three Coyotes were on our back deck in the 6800 block of Grand about 1:30 am on 12-12-12.

Solo coyote chewed through the plastic corrugated gutter extension on my house to get a rabbit hiding in it about 4:45 am on 12/18/12 in the 500 block of Sherman Street

I saw a young Coyote run into the street onto 75th from the park on the corner of 75th and Fairview. He took 2 steps into the street and turned and ran back into the park.

Just had another coyote sighting--1:00 pm Sunday, 5/19, corner of Applegate and Old Main--two blocks from our house. Healthy looking specimen--stood quietly in the shade of the front yard while we slowed down to take a look from the car.