A pair of coyotes named Romeo and Juliet have made Central Park their home

WNYC News | Jul 23, 2025

Photographers David Lei and Jacqueline Emery are photographers and the authors of Finding Flaco: Our Year with New York City's Beloved Owl. They joined WNYC host Michael Hill to share what they've learned from observing another wild animal commonly found in the city: the coyote. Coyotes reached New York in the early 1930s and 1940s. By the 1990s, the canines had made it predominately to the Bronx. Now, a pair of coyotes that Lei and Emery have named Romeo and Juliet has settled into Central Park. 

 

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