A coyote is on the prowl in Marion village.

On Monday, Jan. 8 at around 8:30 a.m., Tabor Academy Studio Art Teacher Tricia Smith photographed the animal as it made its way across campus.

She saw the coyote from her office in the academy’s Braitmayer Art Center.

“I thought I saw a dog walking around and looked for a collar. It looked more like a fox or a wolf,” she said. “He was just kind of strolling across campus really slowly looking around. I’m assuming he was hunting.”

The coyote then crossed the school’s fire access road and headed north.

Smith sent out a campus-wide email to alert staff. She also called Marion police who said they would keep an eye out for the animal.

Other residents and canines have also seen the animal in the area over the past few days.

Front Street resident Tinker Saltonstall said her yellow Labrador Retriever, Bosun, alerted her and husband Bill to the coyote’s presence a handful of times.

“[Bosun] would just bark and bark unlike we’ve heard before,” she said.

After speaking with neighbors it seemed like the coyote was to blame. She said employees of Barden’s Boat Yard, located on Island Wharf, also reported seeing the animal stalk the area where boats are stored for winter.

The sightings come a few months after Wareham went through a brief scare when a coyote approached an Indian Heights Beach man in his driveway. He chased the animal away with a golf club.

During another incident a coyote killed a dog. Wareham authorities held an informational session in November to educate the public.

Marion police said no incidents of coyotes attacking humans have been reported.

During the Wareham session Jason Zimmer, a state Fisheries and Wildlife supervisor, spoke about coyotes, their habitat and behavior.

Attacks on humans are “extremely” rare, he said. In Massachusetts, there have been only five attacks on humans in recent years. Two of the coyotes were rabid, one was suspected of being rabid and two had been “habituated” to the point of losing fear of people.

In suburban areas, Zimmer said the average pack of coyotes will have a territory of about six square miles. This is smaller in comparison to rural areas because the animals have a wider range of meal options, including pets and garbage.

Following the Marion sighting, Tabor Academy professor David Pierce had a warning for neighbors.

“Get your animals inside if they are out and be careful,” he said.