January 25th, 2007
a midnight serenade
Last night, just a short while before midnight, the local Coyote (Canis latrans) pack dropped by to serenade me. Being a little slow off the mark, I didn’t think to record their song for the first couple of minutes, and then I realized that the memory card was out of my camera, so I had to replace it. However, I did manage to capture a couple of small clips of sound. Unfortunately, a vehicle approached, which both drowned out the song and quietened the pack for awhile. However, they did take up singing again later in the evening. At this time of the year, we often hear them quite close to our house. I’ll try to be ready to make a better recording next chance I get. Today, I’ll go back and check for tracks to see just how close they were. Here is the sound clip. It’s an .mp4 file – maybe 20 seconds long, and about 180 kbs. The actual chorus was incredible – much yipping, barking and howling. It sounded like there were some young coyote in the pack. Wish you could have been here for the serenade.
Tags: Coyote, Canis latrans, Coyote audio file