DanC.Licks
AKA Daniel Bradley
No picture this time. We heard a bird call four times last week. The area was open but surrounded by trees. Some water and reeds, but no lakes or ponds. We had seen a White Tailed Eagle, various CBs, a Hen Harrier, Yellowhammers, Tits, Wagtails etc.
I got a brief glimpse of it flying low across the road. Darkish, not black, about the size of a dove, I would say. It called four times with maybe a minute or two in between, three times from some trees on one side of the road, and once from the other side. The call was something I have never heard. I will try to describe it:
It lasted about two seconds and was in two parts, first a short, sharp "chik" sound, followed immediately by a long "weeeeeeee-oo", the weeee part very straight and clear, and the oo falling off slightly in pitch and intensity at the end. It was a very "pure" sound, not harsh or ragged, clear, but also not really sweet. No fluctuation. Really straight. I would guess that the pitch was in the range of 800 to 1000Hz.
Any ideas?
I got a brief glimpse of it flying low across the road. Darkish, not black, about the size of a dove, I would say. It called four times with maybe a minute or two in between, three times from some trees on one side of the road, and once from the other side. The call was something I have never heard. I will try to describe it:
It lasted about two seconds and was in two parts, first a short, sharp "chik" sound, followed immediately by a long "weeeeeeee-oo", the weeee part very straight and clear, and the oo falling off slightly in pitch and intensity at the end. It was a very "pure" sound, not harsh or ragged, clear, but also not really sweet. No fluctuation. Really straight. I would guess that the pitch was in the range of 800 to 1000Hz.
Any ideas?
