Weird Sound from the Forest

[laszlo]

For the last few years, every spring when I walk my dog in the ravine, I hear this sound come from the forest and I have no clue what it is. I suspect it's a bird of some kind.

 

The only way I can describe it: Loud, somewhat higher pitched screetch, that last about 2 seconds. It sounds like it's done from the throat. I've never been able to spot the source.

 

Any clue???

 

Thanks.

[solopaddler]

Owl? Who knows?

[Chris]

Blue Jay?

[Terry]

well without hearing it......

 

it could be a frog or owl

 

..........

 

I knew a girl......never mind

[Roy]

It's either a hawk or someone looking at his first Telus bill.

[laszlo]

The only other way I could describe it, is as if your clearing your throat, but very fast and higher pitched.

 

I'm guessing it's a hawk or owl. Do cormorants make a sound like that?

[TroutnMuskieHunter]

Crows can make some pretty wierd sounds too...

[Muskieman]

Probably a "Cicada" bzzzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz......

 

Kinda sounds "electric".....from a low to a high pitch.

 

http://sounds.cicadayear.com/article.aspx?pageId=26

Randy

Edited June 6, 2010 by Randy from Sturgeon

[bushart]

Could be a deer---without more info--who knows?

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Dont know but when I rented a boat from Walleye man on sparrow lake, we heard this sound and it sounded computer generated. Nothing like I have ever heard before. He told me it was a bird. Dont remember the name of the bird but apperently it makes some noise from deep within its chest, possibly a mating call but this sound is just unreal. I think the bird's name starts with a B.

[Chris]

It's either a hawk or someone looking at his first Telus bill.

 

 

If it sounds similar to a fart it could be a "brown-eyed warbler"

[dave524]

I'm betting on a Blue Jay too, they have one call they make that I swear sounds identical to the creaking of a clothesline pulley when my Mom used to hang out clothes when I was a kid, about the same interval between calls too as hanging clothes. Your desciption kinda sounds like that call.

[dave524]

Dont know but when I rented a boat from Walleye man on sparrow lake, we heard this sound and it sounded computer generated. Nothing like I have ever heard before. He told me it was a bird. Dont remember the name of the bird but apperently it makes some noise from deep within its chest, possibly a mating call but this sound is just unreal. I think the bird's name starts with a B.

 

That would be the call of a Bittern, I used to be a park naturalist at Long point Prov. Park in my younger days, fielded that query more than a few times.

[DRIFTER_016]

Sounds like the mating call of the Eastern Samsquench.

[Whitespinnerbait]

If there's a Marsh nearby ........Blue Heron

 

Those Damn things should be SOS = Shot on Sight

[dheitzner]

Surprised that no-one has mentioned that squirrels make noises that sound a lot like Lazslo's description...

[Guest gbfisher]

Deer....

[Jewelbee]

You know....I hear the in my neck of the woods too and have always wondered about it. Rick and I tried to figure it out from listening on-line to bird and insect noises, but, no luck. I guess it will remain a mystery for now. If you figure it out, let me know. I'm curious in Niagara!

[wankerjohn123]

Probably my wife..... sorry for the noise.

[laszlo]

There are plenty of deer behind my place so that's a strong possibility.

Then again there are plenty of almost all animals mentioned above.

 

I guess the mystery remains until I see this critter in the act of making this call.

[Gerritt]

http://www.hww.ca/media_sound_viewer.asp?id=141&Language=E

 

like this?

[Gerritt]

or this?

 

http://talkaboutwildlife.ca/sounds/barb_beck/bb_red_squirrel_01.wav

[Guest gbfisher]

How about this....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItGNgqSBi78

[Chris]

This is the blue jay sound I was referring to.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEKNxu7dLvE&feature=related

[hammercarp]

A female fox. If it's in the spring she'll have kits in a den and they make that noise as an alarm and to scare off intruders.