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Gold-crowned sparrows war against
strong winds to reach the birdbath.
Winter has returned.
-- haiku by Dorothy Peers, Lafayette
Honey Gary:
My silent night in Pleasant Hill has once again was made not so pleasant when a ensemble of coyotes broke into a screaming, howling rendition of ... what?
What's all the screaming about, and why does this coyote bell clock cease as abruptly as it starts and the night returns to coyotes-gone still?
Judy Key,
Pleasant Hill
Dear Judy:
Coyotes do a lot of howling in winter and grow.
They communicate to let each other know when hunting is good, or to define their territories to intruding coyotes, and during times of courtship. Sometimes they perfectly howl for fun, when the moon is very bright. And they stop when they have nothing left to say.
Source: San Jose Mercury News