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dddd
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3345
Location: NorCal6/3/17 12:37 AM |
Weirdest birds ever?
Ok, I
think
they are birds.
For four nights in a row, the noises coming from my wooded backyard ravine corridor have been odd. Sounds like two birds communicating, but the only thing is that they don't sound anything alike!
One sounds a very high-pitched squeak/whistle monotone that lasts for one second. It tapers off slightly as it ends.
Often as not this is followed by a gruff, gagging screech or three, of perhaps slightly longer duration.
Really weird. The whistle one sounds like a whistle, and the screech one is a little scary to be honest, like something that might fit into a horror movie.
The sounds move around, I'm getting the stereo effect from adjacent wall's windows, so I think it has to be birds.
They've been sounding off like clockwork past sundown, yet I've never heard either one before. This evening the neighbor's dog took note and barked angrily in reply.
I guess these have perhaps migrated from their native area, maybe a little off their usual path due to our having had a record-rainy winter(?).
Any guesses what these are? Some kind of owls maybe?
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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield6/3/17 1:56 AM |
How about:
Some parrots live past 80.
Someone bought two beautiful parrots around when Sgt. Peppers came out.
Time moved on, children, retirement, the inevitable.
An heir says to their spouse: "I grew up hearing those two going at it. It wasn't until college when I realized why no one would come to my sleepovers twice. There's no way I'm going to spend the rest of my life with that racket."
Animal control will eventually intervene, Keep your eye on the paper when the music stops, the poor dog isn't the only one suffering. Isn't there a canyon near SF with a feral parrot population?
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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2626
Location: Canberra, Australia6/3/17 3:12 AM |
quote:
Isn't there a canyon near SF with a feral parrot population?
Someone made a film about them that I saw about a decade ago:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424565/
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KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3236
Location: Midland, MI6/3/17 11:54 AM |
Coit Tower
The celebrated parrots are around Coit Tower in SF. There may be other populations but they are the ones that have been the subject of documentaries.
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dddd
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3345
Location: NorCal6/4/17 12:58 AM |
SF's about 130 miles away, but since I haven't seen these things yet I suppose they could be parrots.
I thought of owls since they're only making their appearance known after dark.
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JohnC
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 1939
Location: Glastonbury, Ct6/5/17 10:28 AM |
Chupacabra, I think.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19092
Location: PDX6/5/17 11:19 AM |
I am picturing Burt Reynolds in the movie 'The End' waking up in the loony bin to bird song. Which is another patient outside doing bird imitations.
Maybe it is one of your neighbors. ;)
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PLee
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 3713
Location: Brooklyn, NY6/14/17 12:17 PM |
There are some birds where the two genders make different sounds. For example, the Nazca Booby, where the female honks and the male whistles
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dddd
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3345
Location: NorCal6/14/17 3:12 PM |
Bingo, that sounds like what I suspected, after ruling out some sort of hoax.
The birds seem to have moved on, else they are beyond their ritual and now building a nest and a family.
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6894
Location: Maine6/14/17 3:59 PM |
Apologies in advance
Parkin describes males whistling at honkin' Boobies.
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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield6/14/17 6:37 PM |
Well played
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