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07-15-2014, 07:39 PM
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What bird makes this sound?
Lately, when I go fishing on a lake by the Alberta/BC border, I've been hearing a bird sound. The bird always seem to be in the same spot by the lake but its on private property so I can't go to see what it looks like, however, it makes a distinct sound. The tone of the bird call is like a crows (almost like when a person talks while crying or injured) and it almost sounds like its saying "Carl! Carl!" or "Darrel! Darrel!". Does anyone know what bird this might be, and even if it is a bird?
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07-15-2014, 08:18 PM
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Thats what's his name on this forums brothers cousins place! He raises exotic kootenay parrotts! They are calling to get fed!  h
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07-15-2014, 08:39 PM
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Raven?
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07-15-2014, 08:42 PM
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Are you sure it isn't Alan, Alan, Alan, Al, Al, Al. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZIX7cPmFYc
Seriously, here is a site that has 600 bird recordings you can listen too.
http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?lo...taxon=Animalia
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07-15-2014, 09:28 PM
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Raven?
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07-15-2014, 10:16 PM
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Could be a Sora Rail , Very vocal but hard to get a look at...
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07-15-2014, 10:57 PM
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a loon can make some strange noises.
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07-15-2014, 11:06 PM
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Sounds like a Jara Jara bird perhaps!
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07-16-2014, 12:21 AM
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Thats what's his name on this forums brothers cousins place! He raises exotic kootenay parrotts! They are calling to get fed! h |
Oh, that must be Dave! His uncles girlfriends cousins friends brothers dad is named Carl. That must be who his bird is calling. 
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Could be a Sora Rail , Very vocal but hard to get a look at...
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Nope. Too high pitched.
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a loon can make some strange noises.
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If it was a loon, a would've saw it on the water.
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Raven?
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Could be. Maybe I was listening to a retarded Raven (even though Raven's are said to be extremely intelligent) that couldn't figure out his proper call? It's in the same tone as a Raven but its not just a short "squak". Also, I don't think Raven's would be around water much as they feed on garbage and sometimes maggots or beetles.
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Sounds like a Jara Jara bird perhaps!
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Is that a joke, or an actual bird? I've never heard of it and it seems the internet hasn't either.
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07-16-2014, 01:52 AM
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Oh, that must be Dave! His uncles girlfriends cousins friends brothers dad is named Carl. That must be who his bird is calling.
Nope. Too high pitched.
If it was a loon, a would've saw it on the water.
Could be. Maybe I was listening to a retarded Raven (even though Raven's are said to be extremely intelligent) that couldn't figure out his proper call? It's in the same tone as a Raven but its not just a short "squak". Also, I don't think Raven's would be around water much as they feed on garbage and sometimes maggots or beetles.
Is that a joke, or an actual bird? I've never heard of it and it seems the internet hasn't either. |
Ravens have a ton of different vocabulary, even mimicry. Ravens eat almost anything and are very fond of travelling lake shores and river systems.
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07-16-2014, 06:34 AM
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Could be a Fockowee bird.
If its calling out Carl, Carl, Darrel, Darrel you may just have to sit longer and see if it jumps out of the brush and says Carl, Carl Darrel, Darrel Where the Fockowee. 
All kidding aside it sounds like a Raven to me.
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07-16-2014, 08:58 AM
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Ravens have a ton of different vocabulary, even mimicry. Ravens eat almost anything and are very fond of travelling lake shores and river systems.
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Without being able to hear the actual call I'm going to put in another vote for it being a raven.
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07-16-2014, 09:14 AM
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I don't think a raven has a "proper" call. I swear, I have never heard the same thing out of different birds.
They are very vocal and some of what I've heard them utter is mindboggling 
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07-16-2014, 11:59 AM
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Sounds like a Jara Jara bird perhaps!
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Is that a joke, or an actual bird? I've never heard of it and it seems the internet hasn't either.
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Its from the movie 'Crocodile Dundee'
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07-18-2014, 12:40 AM
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Yellow headed black bird? Does only make 1 sound? No song?
Is the sound more scratchy-hoarse or whistle-like?
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07-23-2014, 07:06 PM
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Bird
Possibly an otter?? Heard what I thought was a bird coming down the lake shore getting closer and closer..Turned out to be an otter..
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