Gwyn Loud collects and compiles news of wildlife sightings for the LLCT (land conservation trust). Her email is : gwynloud...@gmail.com. Lynne Smith 5 Tabor Hill Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781-258-1175 Sent from my iPhone On 3 Feb 2025, at 10:31 AM, Nancy Constable <nancy.consta...@gmail.com> wrote:
It was fun tracking the coyotes' activities this morning after the snow last night.
This sounds like a great idea. If anyone is interested in a more benign species, we saw two opossums in our back patio (Greenridge Lane townhouses) a few nights ago. One quite a bit larger than the other
– maybe a male and female? Their white faces are so pretty. They seemed to be interested in the bird seed we had sprinkled on the ground.
June
Sounds like a great opportunity for an app of sorts. “Lincoln Tracks” by and for folks in town which could also classify birds and other species, even trees and forms of fauna. It’s likely that this information already exists in aggregate.
School project? Just thoughts lol. Anyway, here’s one from Dec. 2019. Enjoy!
2 on Orchard Ln just now.
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Date: 2/1/25 8:54 AM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Coyotes Last Night
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.
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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