Wow Weird Bird Sound, Boulder, Colorado! (1 Viewer)

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ChristAbundantLife

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• Sep 23, 2017

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http://https://youtu.be/dILbcwTmI2w

Can anyone identify? We're in Boulder, Colorado, it was the middle of the night! Sounds like metal balls hitting each other really fast. Is it even a bird?

 

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Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• Sep 23, 2017

• #2

Welcome to BirdForum. I've edited the URL so that it works.

 

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ChristAbundantLife

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• Sep 23, 2017

• #3

Thank you I'm exited to see a response, my wife and I are very perplexed, we don't know much about birds but Ive never heard something like this. What a strange Sound, in the tree right outside our window, pretty annoying but interesting haha. It just kept on going.

 

nartreb

Speak softly and carry a long lens

• Sep 23, 2017

• #4

Sounds very much like an insect to me. Maybe a cicada?

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Sep 24, 2017

• #5

Welcome to the forum, ChristAbundantLife.

This might be a Greater Anglewing, according to Ms Microtus, which is a species of katydid. She knows much more about insects than I do.

The ticking song, not the lisping song
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/031a.htm

ticking song is in the background of the louder song on this site
http://songsofinsects.com/katydids/greater-anglewing

The two maps I've seen appear to show that Boulder is a little out of range. On the other hand, here is a record from Boulder County
http://bugguide.net/node/view/327542/bgima

 

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ChristAbundantLife

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• Sep 25, 2017

• #6

Wow thanks a lot for the response, I think I can settle the case that this is the culprit!!! Very interesting that must be why we've never heard it because we are just out of their range of living area. I suppose it's not an exact match but maybe it's a similar relative.

 

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