Author Topic: Anyone know this bird? (Read 2574 times)

Claybraker · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2012, 08:11:08 AM »

A little outside the known range, but velociraptors sound prehistoric.

http://www.velociraptors.info/

drobertson · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2012, 08:17:06 AM »

I was thinking woodpecker too, heard a similar sound yesterday, I was coming out of the timber, windy, heard it twice, I stopped and noted it came from an area that has two dead standing oaks, I just thought woodpecker but it was a different sound for sure, I have heard the herins' they definetly have that jurasic sound,

easymoney · « **Reply #22 on:** October 15, 2012, 08:47:13 AM »

i believe it is a do-do bird. they are hard to see since they hide in the leaves on the ground.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #23 on:** October 15, 2012, 08:51:13 AM »

Quote from: drobertson on October 15, 2012, 08:17:06 AM

I have heard the herons' they definitely have that Jurassic sound,

Do we know what Jurassic animals sounded like? I think the term defines the forms of life, not their voice. Too many movies.

thecfarm · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2012, 09:50:57 AM »

Those pileated woodpeckers have been here for years on my land,but I've only seen 1 or 2 in all the time I've been here.
I've seen this on some of the trees,but don't see the one doing the damage much.

whiskers · « **Reply #25 on:** October 15, 2012, 11:38:41 AM »

Could it be a Mileormore bird? They can be heard late at night while out Snipe huntin'.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #26 on:** October 15, 2012, 12:33:21 PM »

Is there anyway for you to record it and put it on here?

clww · « **Reply #27 on:** October 15, 2012, 12:38:31 PM »

I'm inclined towards either a woodpecker or a heron of some variation. What about an owl? They do come out during the day, too.

scgargoyle · « **Reply #28 on:** October 15, 2012, 05:11:38 PM »

I do have woodpeckers around here- there was one hammering on the barn the other day. The calls I found on-line don't sound anything like it, though. Must be a woodpecker that got clogged up with grits.

Weekend_Sawyer · « **Reply #29 on:** October 15, 2012, 05:20:41 PM »

I always thought the pileated call sounded like it was chuckling as it flew through the woods.

pesaventoc · « **Reply #30 on:** October 16, 2012, 08:15:44 PM »

The first time I heard a piliated woodpecker I thought it sounded very much like the gutteral sound of a great blue heron. A raspy grackkk. Most of the sounds you hear and are recorded are of them perched, but when they fly and are startled they make a different sound. the closest I've found is the first recording of fledglings at www.musicofnature.org/authors/marie-read/ This isn't the same but it gives you an idea of the variety of sounds a pileated woodpecker can make.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #31 on:** October 17, 2012, 05:00:20 AM »

There is also variation in sound by region. We have bobolink here and I know their songs well. The ones I here recorded as similar but not the same as ours. I know they are migratory like herons and such, but they sound a little different anyway. Hey why not? You've never been to Newfoundland have you?

1270d · « **Reply #32 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:12:09 PM »

Do you have sandhill cranes there? Could be one of those noisy beasts

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