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Coyotes woke me up howling last night - well, I say "night", it was around 5 and the sun had been up for hours. They must have been pretty close to be that loud. I got up just on the off chance I could see anything from the window, but they weren't that close. I like listening to them; we had coyotes around where I grew up, so it's familiar, and this is the first year they've really been around here - Orion and I both spotted one along the highway a couple of years ago, but I think we must have had a pack move into the area just recently. Howling wolves are haunting and eerie - we have those too; it's a low, mournful wail that you usually hear at dusk in the winter - but coyotes just sound kind of cheerful and friendly to me with their high-pitched yipping voices.

Perusing wild coyote videos on Youtube (procrastination, thy name is me) I came across this hypnotically soothing video: One year on a game trail in Northern Minnesota. Game camera video footage of a very actively trafficked bear trail - lots of wild critters, very fun to watch!

ETA: From the department of "Nature, why are you like this," I give you ... rockhopper penguins. Especially the last half of the video where they're frantically and on the whole unsuccessfully trying to out-hop waves to reach their nesting grounds.

Anyway. Working now.