“[Coyotes] perform an important service by keeping a nice, native biodiversity intact., as painful as it might be for people to lose their cats.”

—JOHN MARZLUFF, UW professor of forest resources, on the rising number of coyotes in the city of Seattle. An expert on crows and ravens, Marzluff was taking what might be called a “bird’s-eye view” of the coyote issue.