Comments on: a midnight serenade

By: burning silo

burning silo — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:55:43 +0000

Cathy – I’m glad you got to hear the coytoe! I guess we’re pretty spoiled as we get to hear the coyote quite often around out place, only note generally quite as close as the other night. You’re right, they do have a bit of a maniacal sound when they’re making their whining and yapping call.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:15:55 +0000

Wow. I’ve only heard coyote once – decades ago. Like Pablo we were camping out West. It was eerie. We didn’t know immediately what they were – it sounded like inmates from an asylum.

By: burning silo

burning silo — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:33:46 +0000

Mark – Coyote are very adaptable and successful, so I expect they are present in most areas. Where I live, the farms are spaced quite far apart, so we hear the odd dog bark in the evening. The coyote are quite different though. When they are vocal, you can hear them moving over the fields and into the woods. It’s really an enjoyable sound – or at least I think so!
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Laura – They sound quite different “in person” than on that recording. When they’re as close by as they were the other night, if you open the window, it seems as though they are right beside you and the calls will fill the room. Of course, as it turned out, once I’d taken a look for prints in the snow, they almost *were* beside me the other night! (-:
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pablo – You’re most welcome. Glad you enjoyed the singing!

By: pablo

pablo — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:34:23 +0000

Ah, the song dogs! I remember hearing them in the mountains of Colorado many years ago, and never since. Thanks for the audio clip.