I love how they throw their head back and roll with their sound, like they're mustering the inner depths of their vocal cords for the growling bark they do hehe
A pack of 4 of these guys (mum, pop, and 2 kits) moved into our neighbourhood recently. We respect each other and coexist just fine. Really glad they arrived because in my culture, we believe that they're here to help us out during a hard time, which I'm definitely going through right now. Nothing more calming than seeing these guys lounging around around dusk and hearing them bark and climb one of our trees in the middle of the night.
They are also fantastic pest control! There used to be a female that was living near the nursery I work near one of the UC's. We had virtually no problems with rodents outdoors and I saw her catch at least 1-2 rodents a day. We didn't see her for a while once summer ended, but recently I saw her living in the university campus near the veterinary medicine facility. She probably finds a lot more food out there, but we miss her a lot.
I live in northern California and I have a fox on my property that does this at me every time i walk outside. Wondering what he is trying to communicate...
