Fascinating! We often hear what sounds like 4-5 voices around Farrar Pond.
In Southborough, I once saw 4 coyotes walk single file through my backyard to a wetlands behind us. We had seen single coyotes and small groups of deer do this before. On Jan 31, 2025, at 10:41 PM, Fil Zembowicz <fzem...@gmail.com> wrote:
An interesting feature of coyotes I only learned about recently is their "auditory illusion" of always being in large packs
From the Adirondack Almanack: When people hear coyote howls, they often mistakenly assume that they’re hearing a large pack of animals, all raising their voices at once. But this is an auditory illusion called the “beau geste” effect. Because of the variety of sounds produced by each coyote, and the way sound is distorted as it passes through the environment, two of these tricksters can sound like seven or eight animals. I've lived in New England for most of my life but never have seen more than one coyote at a time, although I've always heard a big group when I hear them ...
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