does anyone know what kind of bird made this sound?
here's the video
i'm thrilled that after years of hearing this elusive bird, i finally got a recording of it so i can ask for an ID. i say "elusive" because i only sometimes hear it. and when i do hear it, it's not for very long.
i apologize for the poor quality, i only had my ipad with me in my bedroom at 1am. the bird is also not very close (maybe a couple blocks away) so it doesn't sound very loud in the video. if you can't hear anything, please turn your device volume up as loud as it will go. i even tried to identify it using the merlin bird ID app but got no results. but i think it's not loud enough for the app.
this is actually a combination of 4 videos i took, because there's long moments of silence after each "caw". when it makes its call, it's just once or twice with long silences between. it's usually in the wee hours of the morning that i hear it when i'm laying in bed, so usually when i try to record it, it's already stopped by the time i can think about getting my camera set up.
when i first started hearing it, the first thing i thought of was it's a peacock. but i'm not sure.
1. the location is northern netherlands.
2. i've only heard the bird in the late night or early morning hours (usually between 1am and 5am) so i've never seen it.
3. i only sometimes hear the bird.
4. i always hear the sound coming from the same direction, and sounds like it's always about the same distance away. so i don't know if it's a wild bird or possibly someone's pet.
here's the video
i'm thrilled that after years of hearing this elusive bird, i finally got a recording of it so i can ask for an ID. i say "elusive" because i only sometimes hear it. and when i do hear it, it's not for very long.
i apologize for the poor quality, i only had my ipad with me in my bedroom at 1am. the bird is also not very close (maybe a couple blocks away) so it doesn't sound very loud in the video. if you can't hear anything, please turn your device volume up as loud as it will go. i even tried to identify it using the merlin bird ID app but got no results. but i think it's not loud enough for the app.
this is actually a combination of 4 videos i took, because there's long moments of silence after each "caw". when it makes its call, it's just once or twice with long silences between. it's usually in the wee hours of the morning that i hear it when i'm laying in bed, so usually when i try to record it, it's already stopped by the time i can think about getting my camera set up.
when i first started hearing it, the first thing i thought of was it's a peacock. but i'm not sure.
1. the location is northern netherlands.
2. i've only heard the bird in the late night or early morning hours (usually between 1am and 5am) so i've never seen it.
3. i only sometimes hear the bird.
4. i always hear the sound coming from the same direction, and sounds like it's always about the same distance away. so i don't know if it's a wild bird or possibly someone's pet.
