Sirens sounded, and then I could hear the familiar sounds of coyotes “howling”. The howling always includes high pitched squeals along with some barking. I ran to where the sounds were coming from, but did not arrive in time to catch the “howls” on my recording device. The howls segued into a “barking” session, probably prompted on by the appearance of a hostile walker and dog approaching in the distance.
I’m including this recording of the “barking” section to show the slight difference in male and female coyote voices. The female has a “ra-ra-ra-ra” type of bark and a very high pitched, continuous tremolo. Her voice fills most of the recording, with the male’s interspersed. The male has a deeper bark — more like a barking dog’s. The grunts are his. His tremolos are always short, as if he can’t quite keep them going — there are only a few of them: at 17 seconds, 101, 222 and I think 227. See bottom of page: Male and Female Coyotes Barking.
Nov 26, 2021 @ 01:00:16
Hi I am interested in your recording of a male and female barking. Your description matched perfectly what I hear at night, and it was my guess it was the female with the more excited bark, as that was the only call heard during denning. When I click on the link, it reads page not found. Thanks so much for this page and all!
Nov 26, 2021 @ 04:06:32
Hi Jennifer — I am so sorry that the link doesn’t work. I noted that the recording was “housed” on my Urbanwildness site which I stopped keeping up long ago. I searched for the recordings there but can’t find any of them. I’ll keep looking for it and send you the proper link when/if I find it. I imagine that things changed as the platform, GoDaddy, updated through the years. I don’t know if this will help you, but #11 and #12 at my Coyote Voicings page might help?: https://coyoteyipps.com/coyote-voicings/. Apologies!