Happy HOWL-een from your friends at the Open Space Authority! This video from Pathways for Wildlife shows how coyotes can be the ultimate tricksters (and treats when we see them enjoying their habitats!). It's usually tough to tell how many coyotes are in a pack when howling breaks out because of the various pitches, types of howls and how sound travels in their environment. What could be just two coyotes often sounds like a pack of seven or eight! Don't be spooked by these local creatures 👻the

Eerie, attention-grabbing and unmistakable, the howling, yipping and yapping of coyotes are a staple of Vermont’s outdoor soundscape. A chorus of coyote howls is one we typically hear at night and not just in remote wilderness areas, but in towns, suburbs and city fringes. Howling is a basic communication behavior in coyotes that has several functions. One is to call the family group back together again after a period of individual hunting. A second reason is that coyotes howl to make their pres