January 7, 2010

Big whoop: Coyotes yip, shriek, howl the night away

" Anything you can sing, I can sing louder
I can sing anything louder than you
No you can't, Yes I can, No you can't, Yes I can
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can!" Coyotes on Flickr by matt knoth.

Gah, I love this music. Great big hat tip to Camera Trap Codger, the man behind this beaut of a photo and many others.

Heard something like Track #3 right under the window up at the cabin this summer. Coyotes are loud. That scrawny chest hides a mighty amplifier. Track #6 and Track #20 sound like standard cabin serenades, the ones that wake me up at two or three in the morning happy to be warm and safe inside. Great vocalists, coyotes.

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5 comments:

Retrieverman said...

Coyotes making noise can launch virtually every dog where I live.

Most of the dogs I've been around, even those that are not even remotely dog aggressive, hate coyotes. I have no idea what it is, but they hate them.

Unknown said...

I love coyote song! For years, where I worked, there was a lone, female coyote who sang to herself. She's yip, yip, hoooowwwllll in the canyon and would listen in earnest to the responding yip, yip, hoooowwwlll. :)

Heather Houlahan said...

Foster dog Barry White DISAPPROVES.

But it made him come running into the living room and assert his opinion about something, which is a Very Good Thing.

S. Serrano said...

What a hoot. LilyMunster-pug wants a piece of them!! She sat with her little flat face pushed as hard as she could push it right on the speaker. Big tilts-of-the-head as she strained to "see" the coyotes. Wonder what they're saying?

Anonymous said...

LOL! I played track one turned up loud. Dogs lifted their heads, looked toward the front door (blizzard outside) and went back to sleep.

*Husband* cocked his head, perked his ears, squinted his eyes and said "Wow, they're REALLY going at it tonight, aren't they!"