Call of the Wild

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | 2 Comments »

Last night, at about 2:30 am, I woke to THAT NOISE.  I’ve heard them many times…it still makes my hair stand on end a little, but the difference this time … they sounded CLOSE.

I’m talking about the pack of Coyotes in the forest. They sounded a bit like this, but a LOT louder/closer and much more agitated.

I couldn’t get back to sleep until almost 5:00 am it freaked me out so much. They have several sounds, and this pack had obviously just made a kill.

Killin’ time is usually when we hear them at night….it gets very frenzied sounding and I don’t seem to be able to get used to it. In the past, they always sounded like they were several ridges over, but last night I could have sworn they were only on the other side of our hill….maybe a couple of hundred yards. Luckily, the Minors slept through that one.

Not cool. Too close.

I was relieved to see both fawns alive and well this morning.

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2 Comments on “Call of the Wild”

  1. 1 erin@designcrisis said at 11:24 AM on February 18th, 2010:

    Well, that just pretty much put an end to my dreams of living in the country.

  2. 2 nkp said at 8:39 PM on February 23rd, 2010:

    When we first moved into our house, our part of the neighborhood was still relatively secluded and we had coyotes wandering around too. Scary. They have since disappeared. Thankfully.