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My corgi pup and I were tossing the ball around in the clearing area next to the Presidio gate and a coyote came up from the slope along the Lyon steps, and circled around us very closely, before going along its merry little way back down the hill. We noticed him pretty quick, and I restrained my dog and sat down with him quietly as the coyote checked us out. Luckily my pup did not attract his attention, and after the coyote was gone, we waited quietly for another 5mins to make sure that mamma coyote was not nearby as well before heading back home.

MALE. Link to observation of Female for comparison: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195023796

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is an introduced/naturalized songbird in the Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) family that is 16cm (6.5 inches) long. Breeding male House Sparrow has a gray crown, chestnut nape, black bib, black bill. It "is one of the most widespread and abundant songbirds in the world today. House Sparrow has a simple success formula: it associates with humans. Native to Eurasia and northern Africa, it has succeeded in urban and farming areas all over the world -- including North America, where it was first released in New York in 1851." With an almost worldwide distribution, there are many subspecies.

Audubon Guide to North American Birds https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/house-sparrow

Xeno-canto Bird songs, sound recordings, and species range map: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Passer-domesticus

Ebird with species description, range map and sound recordings: https://ebird.org/species/houspa/

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America, ed. Jon L. Dunn, 2008, pp. 410-411.

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, ed. Jon L. Dunn, 7th ed., 2017

The Cornell Lab (Birds in U.S. and Canada) https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ (enter common name)

Merlin Bird ID (great app available for Iphones) by The Cornell Lab (Bird ID help for 8,500+ species) https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

Comprehensive Feather I.D. tools and more: https://foundfeathers.org/resources/

Found Feathers (Worldwide): https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtool.php