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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: BigFishGuy on March 10, 2020, 10:13:14 AM

Title: Can anyone ID this sound? Recording attached...
Post by: BigFishGuy on March 10, 2020, 10:13:14 AM: I heard this sound at like 3 a.m. this morning and recorded it. Sounds like a bird, but squirrel maybe??? Any thoughts are welcome. Just curious.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on March 10, 2020, 10:22:23 AM: 🤔
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Post by: Henrydog on March 10, 2020, 10:25:33 AM: North Flicker, almost a full moon just getting a early start
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on March 10, 2020, 10:42:45 AM: At the start, it sounded like an engine idling and a belt squeaking. Then it seemed to change.
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Post by: Backstrap on March 10, 2020, 07:34:08 PM: I’m guessing it’s an owl mating call. Owl because it’s nocturnal, and mating call because I see other birds starting to pair up.

Otherwise, it gotta be, you guessed it, Bigfoot.
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Post by: lokidog on March 10, 2020, 07:48:01 PM: It is either a Pygmy Owl or a Northern Saw whet Owl. It is hard to tell the cadence in your recording. Here is the Saw whet.
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Post by: Jolten on March 10, 2020, 09:21:21 PM: Pretty sure it's a whet owl
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Post by: Caseknife on March 11, 2020, 07:16:22 AM: Northern Pygmy owl, 90% is my educated guess. Sometimes they sound like someone is trying to start an old one-lunger John Deere over and over again. Same tone as a NP for sure.
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Post by: starbailey on March 11, 2020, 08:32:25 AM: I always wondered what was making that call when I’d hear it.