# alcatraz (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover alcatraz. Page: Feed: --- ## [A mother and daughter. The mother is radicalized first.](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/a-mother-and-daughter-tommy-robinson) _2026-08-16 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ Every story is individual. This is the story of one woman, as told by her daughter. It starts: She felt Britain had abandoned her. Tommy Robinson changed her life. ## [Elsa's Quest. WHAT NEXT? I know what's next.](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/elsas-quest-what-next-commitment) _2026-08-06 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ I know what’s next. I am making a commitment to something I’ve written, A STORY. The commitment: I will put it into book form and also audio form. Another part of the commitment: to take you along. ## [A STORY. ALL THE CHAPTERS](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/a-story-table-of-contents-up-to-now) _2026-08-04 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ Like every story, A STORY has a beginning. ## [Elsa's Quest - The Story Below the Story. FROM EPHEMERAL TO ETERNAL.](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/elsas-quest-the-story-below-the-story) _2026-08-02 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ A butterfly flies by. Ephemeral beauty. How does one move from ephemeral to eternal? Is there any way? ## [Kinky Tail Carries On Inspiringly, by Walkaboutlou](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/07/15/kinky-tail-carries-on-inspiringly-by-walkaboutlou/) _2026-07-15 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ To the left: 1st Denning Area . . . . secluded, but wolves circuit here regularly. To the right: Rendezvous area. Much more coyote friendly. Grasshopper, voles, berries galore. Pups can self educate and grow in skill as she comes and goes. Good morning Janet, I haven t mentioned Kinky Tail a long time..Ive not been \[ \] ## [Elsa's Quest - The Story. Chapter 26 - Escape From Alcatraz.](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/ch-26-escape-from-alcatraz) _2026-07-05 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ There’s a strong beat pounding inside me. On top of the beat are the words, Escape from Alcatraz. ## [Elsa's Quest - The Story. Chapter 25 - 3 Words. Escape from Alcatraz.](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/ch-25-3-words-escape-from-alcatraz) _2026-07-04 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ I turn and look back. Over half a century of not giving up. So many efforts. What comes to mind are the words: Escape from Alcatraz. ## [Pipa Update](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/07/01/pipa-update/) _2026-07-01 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ This is Pipa. She’s 10 years old: born in March of 2016, and radio-collared and tagged that Fall before she was even a year old. She was labeled with a number: F06. She was the sixth out of seven to be trapped and shackled with a collar that year, and purple ear-tags were punched into \[ \] ## [Elsa's Quest - The Story. Chapter 24 - Next. Almost Giving Up.](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/chch-24-next-almost-giving-up) _2026-06-24 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ Who Will Help Me with My Spark? Do I stay with that kind of mood? We're supposed to find out how to shine like a star. In my experience, it's often different. ## [I’ve been posting mostly on Instagram](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/06/22/ive-been-posting-mostly-on-instagram/) _2026-06-22 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ Visit: https://www.instagram.com/coyoteyipps/ ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cHh4RJX72woL) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Elsa's Quest - The Story. Chapter 23 - Who WIll Help Me with My Spark?](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/ch-23-who-will-help-with-my-spark) _2026-06-18 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ A friend died maybe 10 years ago. Of colon cancer. 6 years before, she had left all her paintings, the work of a lifetime, on the curb. Her new partner did not like the colors. He certainly did not help her with her spark. ## [Sparks’ Update in June, 2026](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/06/17/sparks-update-in-june-2026/) _2026-06-17 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ I ve followed Sparks story since he was born in 2019 in Glen Canyon much less so recently, but here s an update nevertheless. He s seven years old now. He s thriving as the alpha male of his territory in the Presidio where he s on his fifth litter. Last year he had seven pups, only 3 seem \[ \] ## [Elsa's Quest - The Story. Chapter 22 - Where Is My Match?](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/ch-22-where-is-my-match) _2026-06-17 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ A match. You light it. It lights a candle. It lights the fire in the wood stove. No match. No fire. Quite some difference in a life. ## [Elsa's Quest - The Story. Chapter 21 - Where Is My Match? Plus a clip from Beethoven.](https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/ch-21-where-is-my-match) _2026-06-15 · Elsa · Elsa - Thought Creativity Passion Life_ I was going to go with I Give Up ... Almost. But another piece kept coming to mind: Where Is My Match? Plus a friend sent a clip from Beethoven. Life is not a straight line. ## [Guarding Their Den Site](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/06/03/guarding-their-den-site/) _2026-06-03 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ \[Reposted from my Instagram account\] This video began as 15 minutes in length. By cutting and speeding, I’ve reduced it to 2:45 minutes, which I think is manageable on Instagram. The parents are mostly guarding, but Mom messages a dog at 0:50, her mate deals with a dog in some capacity at 1:12, and at \[ \] ## [Acceptance of Restorations . . . and New Balances, and Top Dog, by Walkaboutlou](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/02/22/acceptance-of-restorations-and-new-balances-and-top-dog-by-walkaboutlou/) _2026-02-22 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ I realize my local coyote, regionally, have seemed to change greatly. I used to hear them regularly. Or see them in distance, checking the dogs out. This has mostly ceased. They are here. I see as many signs (scat, footprints) as ever. But they literally, all of them, have become ghostlike. Now, they even rarely defy \[ \] ## [Territorial Division and Mange](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/02/10/territorial-division-and-mange/) _2026-02-10 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ I ve written several postings with information about mange. One on how the malady has just recently exploded here in San Francisco, and another on how weakened immune systems allowing the mange mite to proliferate on a coyote host have been linked to the use of rat poisons. But there are other stressors which raise cortisol \[ \] ## [A Coyote’s Swim to Alcatraz](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/02/06/a-coyotes-swim-to-alcatraz/) _2026-02-06 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ A Behavioral Reconstruction I almost always post my own first-hand observations of coyotes, supported by photographs. This case is different. The coyote’s crossing to Alcatraz Island on January 11th came to me second-hand. What follows is therefore a combination of documented sightings, dates, tide information, and physical geography, with behavioral interpretation drawn from research and \[ \] ## [Slide Presentation as Pupping Season Approaches](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/02/03/slide-presentation-as-pupping-season-approaches/) _2026-02-03 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ Pupping season is approaching — It’s time for another talk!! Here’s the blip they put out: Janet Kessler, known as “The Coyote Lady”, is a self-taught naturalist who has spent nearly two decades documenting urban coyote behavior and family life in San Francisco with her camera, where she has come to know and identify most \[ \] ## [Alcatraz Coyote Survived Its Swim and is Thriving](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/01/27/alcatraz-coyote-survived-its-swim-and-is-thriving/) _2026-01-27 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ This Alcatraz Coyote update comes not from my own observations, but from what friends have sent me. This photo was taken by a tourist on January 24th, just about two weeks after the coyote made its swim, so he not only survived, but he is well and thriving. Rangers apparently have come across a bird \[ \] ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9ULm7Gxb3qaW) _2026-01-27 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [Same Species, Different Behaviors, by Walkaboutlou](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/01/24/same-species-different-behaviors-by-walkaboutlou/) _2026-01-24 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ Hi Janet, Hope you are wintering well. It s been a very mild winter here. Hardly any snow. We did fenceline checks and found the scraps of an older dead buck. The landowners knew of him via trail cams and sightings. He came to this property about a month ago. He had been shot on public land, escaped \[ \] ## [Mange Epidemic in San Francisco](https://coyoteyipps.com/2026/01/23/mange-epidemic-in-san-francisco/) _2026-01-23 · yipps:janetkessler · Coyote Yipps_ Someone asked me how I knew that our mange cases picked up in 2024 and spread so quickly and only recently. About half the coyote population here in San Francisco has been affected. And I m told by my rehabber contact, that it s about this same percentage in other parts of the state of California. The \[ \]