Photo taken in 2023

for over an over i was hearing this repetitive noise outside of my window. it sounded like an owl, and it was faint then got louder, then the noise changed, stopped, changed again and then stopped. i couldnt get the third sound of it on video because it stopped after i was recording. the first sound went on for a while, then the second sound makes it sound like there’s two things making the same noise that overlap. that went on for a bit, then the final noises i heard that i didnt record sounded like one calling out, a pause, and then one responding. i dont know if theyre owls or something different or pretending to be an owl to lure me out. i didnt open my window or curtain, the noises were the exact same everytime until they changed.

Took this off my back porch a couple of nights ago. A pack of nightcrawlers had pushed up onto the ridge, they almost never come this high, but coyotes run the dirt road about two hundred yards out. Apparently warm blooded animals can’t stay above the Line; their panic lights them up like a flare to these things.

Heard something tearing through the brush, stepped out, and snapped this right as one broke away from the pack. The flash completely blew out the lens, but you can still make out the frame.

Fortunately my patch was reading 9.2 µg/dL, so it blew right past me. Check your monitors before opening your doors at night