Thanks to Benjamin Van Doren and Anne Klingensmith for IDing my call as
(of all things) an American Robin.
Laura
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Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what this call that showed up at my
house about 4:30 this morning might be? It's not a very good recording, I'm
afraid, but it seems pretty distinctive.
Thanks,
Laura
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> [mailto:bounce-38114395-9327...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Laura
> C. Gooch
> *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011 2:17 PM
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> *Subject:* [nfc-l] ID help
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> Folks,
>
> I got an odd call that I can't identify on October 2, a
Folks,
I got an odd call that I can't identify on October 2, about 1:30 AM.
Location is Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in a suburban setting. The call was
repeated four times over 5 or 10 minutes. My first reaction was that it
resembles a young hawk call (Red-shouldered or Red-tailed), although it
Mystery solved at least for 4-16-10 call because I actually heard it around
dusk tonight near the same location I recorded it. White-tailed Deer! Maybe
that's why it sounded so familiar. I startled a deer and it gave a couple
typical snorts and as it bounded away at a good clip gave the other call
Hi Andy, you are certainly not the only one with a 'mystery call' file. I
record a high percentage of mystery calls here in Portugal. Many of them seem
to be one-offs, calls that I never recorded before and perhaps never will
again. One possibility is that they are species that very rarely give
