100 Coyotes Are Secretly Running San Francisco

SF has ~100 resident coyotes spread across nearly every neighborhood — and in January 2026, one of them swam 2 miles to Alcatraz Island. Tonight at dusk, head to Glen Canyon Park and you might meet one.

A weekly urban-naturalist field guide locked to San Francisco. Each episode profiles one wild creature that actually lives within 5 miles of the viewer — Pier 39 sea otters, Glen Canyon coyotes, Salesforce Tower red-tailed hawks.