Coyotes are back. Apparently there is a small dog among them. Stood out from their singing very noticeably. Either that or a coydog, if they sound like that. they were just the other side of the road...
When we lived on the farm, sheep farmers were getting wiped out by coyotes. Lots of people in that area were expert hunters/trappers, and they had very poor luck trying to eliminate the coyotes. They are so smart and have such superior senses. One rancher told me the coyotes would figure out his/wife's schedule. They knew the difference between his truck and her car. When he went to work, they went to work.