Night call in central Spain (1 Viewer)

[ori76]

Hello,

I live in the outskirts of Madrid. My window faces a golfcourse with a pond. During the nigh I can hear birds like stone-curlew, little owl, scops owl, and amphybians like Natterjack Toad or Perezs frog.

Recently I have started hearing this:

https://rapidshare.com/files/2333370599/recording-1685736183.mp3

https://rapidshare.com/files/1343347999/recording-1933382014.mp3

Sounds like a bird but with the cadence of a frog. I do not have any clue of what it is. Sorry for the bad recording. Turn the speaker to its maximum. Thanks

 

[lou salomon]

sound's like a moorhen (gallinula chloropus).

 

[Jan-Paul Charteris]

Finding it hard to get any decent volume on it but from what I can hear, I can see where Lou is coming from with Moorhen but it sounds a bit more hurried, reminds me of a Little Owl alarm call a bit, but as I said, a bit hard to hear! (speakers on my laptop aren't great)

 

[ori76]

Could be both, but none is exactly like what I heard. If I have to pick one I would say moorhen