Coyotes are treating a fast-changing Fort Worth neighborhood like their own late-night cut-through, slipping between houses and cruising down residential streets just steps from an active construction site. Neighbors say the animals barely flinch at passing cars or curious onlookers, and the latest viral video has reignited a bigger question: as the city grows, who really lives here first, and who has to adjust?
As reported by WFAA, the station posted the clip today, showing multiple coyotes moving through a residential block next to a busy development site. The short segment captures the animals padding across driveways and pacing along front lawns, and it quickly prompted neighbors to trade stories about recent sightings and worries over small pets. WFAA framed the run-ins as part of a broader pattern in which heavy clearing and construction are squeezing wildlife closer to homes instead of pushing it away.
Experts say the timing is not a coincidence. Seasonal biology and years of urban adaptation help explain why people are noticing more coyotes now. According to KERA News, coyote mating season typically runs from mid-January through early March, and thinner winter vegetation makes the animals easier to spot. Rachel Richter, an urban wildlife biologist quoted in that reporting, describes coyotes as “good urban adapters” that often choose to stay put near people rather than relocate when green space disappears.
How development pushes coyotes into neighborhoods
Across Tarrant County, the same story keeps repeating itself: new subdivisions, roadway projects and infill development slice up the open corridors wildlife once used to move around. Coyotes, being opportunistic predators, do not pack up and leave. They tweak their routines…