Coyotes Respond to Out-of-Doors Piano Music

Piano played at dusk in the out of doors in Golden Gate Park [internet photo]

“I was playing the piano by Conservatory of Flowers and coyotes started singing along. Wait til the end, its my favorite part”: Ash Temeña [Reposted with permission]

(an audio only video)


Of course, coyotes routinely respond to sirens, so their response to the piano would be a similar type of response. Responses to sirens can vary tremendously, from the mellow howling you heard above as they howled along with the piano, to much more high-pitched, short yips as you can hear below. And because I was less than 100 feet away, this recording has quite a different quality to it. If you listen right to the end, you’ll hear a short bark by Dad which actually puts a stop to the howling: Dad is controlling the situation. But several short growls followed that which are barely audible: these are continued vocalizations by Dad with two of his youngsters who were present with him: a two-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter.

To listen to more types of vocalizations and their circumstances, press here.