Creatures of the night

[ar_wahan]

So yesterday, just as the first stars were coming out, I heard what sounded like coyotes yipping off in the woods to our southeast. I've heard coyotes around here before. In the last few years, a couple of duplexes have been built on the land that abuts our woods back there, but I've heard -- and seen -- coyotes even so. They have little fear of humans these days.

So last night, I go out on to the deck to hear them better. High excited yips, a whole little pack of 'em.

And then, the wind carries their eerie song closer to my ears...

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are ..."

It was a pack of little girls, probably  about kindergarten age, outside the duplex at dusk.

Comments

[ar-wahan.livejournal.com]

Well, we have real coyotes, too. Some of them have come quite close to the house. Last summer, one of my cats (this one) decided to GO AFTER IT!! I ran down from the deck, grabbed a broad leaf rake and stood between her and the woods (where the coyote was) until it moved on a little. I was hoping to scare it off if it decided to turn around and head back to the lawn. Then I threw the cat inside the house.

Haven't seen your post, yet. *goes off to look*

[ar-wahan.livejournal.com]

Oh, and our coyotes are a lot bigger than western ones. There is thought that the western coyotes, moving east, interbred with wolves. They are known to kill cats.