Dimitra_v
Active member
On march 5th I was birding at a wetland/marsh, at aroung 4 pm (sun was still up, just a little cloudy) the area has lots of thick vegetation and reeds around, as well as short trees and bushes, and I heard this sound that may or may not have been a eurasian nightjar. It is not quite clear in the audio, but there were multiple "replying" to one another, so could it be some male nightjars singing? I have no experience with these birds, and the only report of this species in the area on Ebird was from 23 years ago, so not very reliable (they may as well had gone locally extinct from the all the recent human developments...)
I read that it is not something unusual for these nocturnal birds to call or be active during that day...
Note: you will hear the sound better if you put on headphones
(edit) I looked up the species to research it further and I found out that it is migratory.... Even if it already arrived from africa (which is highly unlikely), would it start singing so early in the year? Is it something other than a bird, like a frog or some noisy insect? If anyone knows please shed some light on this mysterious sound.
I read that it is not something unusual for these nocturnal birds to call or be active during that day...
Note: you will hear the sound better if you put on headphones
(edit) I looked up the species to research it further and I found out that it is migratory.... Even if it already arrived from africa (which is highly unlikely), would it start singing so early in the year? Is it something other than a bird, like a frog or some noisy insect? If anyone knows please shed some light on this mysterious sound.
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