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Sun, Jan 21, 2007

Coyotes

Posted at 1:52 pm MST to Miscellaneous

Last night (or rather, very early this morning) I heard the coyotes singing. I heard the neighbor's dogs howling in answer, too, it's a very different sound. I don't usually hear them at this time of year, with all of the windows closed. They must have been closer than usual, or the wind was coming from an odd direction.

It's nice to hear them: one more proof that I'm home.

I assume they are now curled up warmly in their dens: it has been snowing since not long after I heard them. (The forecasts said flurries. This is not what I call a flurry.)

I hope that this "flurry" is hugging the foothills and not affecting the airport much. They do that sometimes: it can be handy having the airport so far out on the plains that it's in a different microclimate from Boulder. I'm scheduled to fly out this evening, and of course the airline still claims its evening flights are all on schedule. Getting to the airport may be something of an adventure.

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