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[BrokenolMarine]

The coyotes are quiet during the day here. But start the music just after dark and sing for a couple hours. They do hunt all hours however, day or night.

[Coach]

I thought for sure this thread was going to get locked when I saw the title…

Me too Coach, until I saw the author.


You probably thought it was me…

[Hatchdog]

Later this summer we will get an incredibly loud symphony of crickets. It’s amazing how loud they can be. And also below where we live there is a small lake/big pond and the frogs will start up their croaking and that is pretty loud too. Coyotes of course and lots of song birds. But my favorite of them all are the ravens. It’s amazing what a variety of sounds they produce. I used to love watching and listening to them when hunting and I’m happy we have a half dozen or so that hang around here at home.

[BrokenolMarine]

Loudest thing we have are the Guineas. They are noisy, and never shut up talking among the group as they comb through the property in search of snakes, bugs, etc. People, vehicles, etc... Show up... They all start screaming.

[rickhem]

That same night I posted about, with the coyotes chasing my GF back to the house, I stayed out to let the fire burn down. About a half hour later, it's just embers and I can just let that go without worry. But I decided to see if I could catch sight of anything down at the bottom of the fields below the house. This was in late June I think, and the hay was growing again after being cut around Memorial Day. I'm looking down a few hundred yards of waist high grass, and with my eyes now adjusted to the darkness, it was incredible how many lightning bugs were in the air. Words can't describe that sight, it's like the whole field had twinkling Christmas lights strung over it. Had to be millions of them. I wish I knew enough about photography to get a long exposure picture of that. One of the most amazing things I've seen. Tried to get my GF to come see it, but it takes about 15 minutes for your eyes to open enough, and that just wasn't happening.

[BrokenolMarine]

When we shine a powerful light across the yard, we get a hundred tiny green eyes staring back from grass level. When we first moved here, I thought it was dew on the grass. Now, I know it's tarantulas that come out of their holes at night. Yup, we have a lot of them. I'll see if I can get a picture.

[Vaquero]

I'd like yo see that, Marine.

RP

[rickhem]

Tarantulas???

YIKES!!!!!

[daytime dave]

I'll bet my Henry garden gun could take care of a few of those tarantulas.

[BrokenolMarine]

I'll bet my Henry garden gun could take care of a few of those tarantulas.

Yup, but you'd use a lot of ammo.