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Help me ID bird call

Annie Deighnaugh

8 years ago

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I live in CT, not near the shore and am surrounded by woods and ponds with some fields/yards. I heard a new bird call a couple of times. I'm hoping you can help me ID the bird. It sounded like it was coming from within the woods, fairly high up. It seems fairly loud too, so I'm assuming it's a bigger bird, nothing like tits or wrens.

It sounds like a single whistle that rises in pitch and then gets cut off sharply at the end. That's it and it is repeated at odd and infrequent intervals.

I flipped through the audubon sight listening to what I thought might be possible, but didn't find any that matched. The closest is like a broad-wing hawk, but it was more like a child's whistle in tone.

Anyone have any ideas?

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dees_1

8 years ago

Hi Annie! Daytime or nighttime? Child's whistle comment leads me to think of a screech owl.

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Annie Deighnaugh
Original Author
8 years ago
I kept looking and maybe it's a wood duck? Though the sample seems to have a more frequent call than the one I heard did.
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Annie Deighnaugh
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks, dees. It was day time both times I heard it. I'll check out screech owl...we do have a number of owls around here.
Annie Deighnaugh
Original Author
8 years ago
You can listen to the male wood duck sound here and it was similar, though not so frequent...

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Duck/sounds

I came across another site that suggested the 2-note ascending whistle was a green finch...only thing is I'm not in Europe and they are!
dees_1
8 years ago
Hmm....Wood Duck is probably it then. They do nest fairly high and it sounds like you're in the perfect environment for them!

Yeah, sometimes the suggestions are just a bit off. ;-D
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Annie Deighnaugh
Original Author
8 years ago
I have seen wood ducks in my pond so I know they're around, but I haven't seen any yet this year, though I did see some hooded mergansers...
dees_1
8 years ago
Nice! We have Wood Ducks and my neighbor finally got a nesting pair. I've only seen the female myself.

There is a 5 acre pond across the street from me and I get to see various water fowl from my office window. Spotted a few mergansers this year.

I am a Purple Martin landlord, along with hosting other birds that naturally nest here. Bird watching is quite enjoyable when you work from home!
catherinet
8 years ago
We have a large creek meandering through our large property. I saw a couple wood ducks one year, but I'm not sure a stream is that attractive to them. I thought of putting up a couple nesting boxes on top of the bank........but don't you think they would need something more stable....like a pond/lake? This creek floods badly a couple times a year. It would never get as high as a nest box, but still........

What do you think?

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