June 28th, 2012, 07:23 AM
This morning I heard a vocalization that started out sounding like a juvenile crow, but ended sounding like a child laughing. Any clue what it could've been? I live in West Virginia and I just finished listening to over 100 Crow and Raven vocalizations online, without finding a match
That's not an exact match. The end literally sounded like a small child laughingOriginally Posted by pyoko
Did you see the second link? Because these birds have lots of different songs, all ending/ starting differently.
They say the Hadeda Ibis sounds like laughter sometimes:
Are you near a golf course or a pond?
According to Wikipedia, this Ibis isn't found anywhere in North America and the only zoo within 2 hours of where I live, doesn't have any birds. It's a small zoo
I Live in the Scottish Hihlands and one day a peacock turned up on our driveway. It stayed for a day or two, turning our cat neurotic. There is no zoo or bird sanctuary within one hundred and fifty miles. And the peacock is not a native bird of Scotland. Strange things happen, it is - paradoxically - quite normal.
Catbirds can mimic a lot of sounds, maybe even a child's laugh.
I never had much luck trying to identify birds by calls posted on the internet. There was one call I couldn't figure out, then I got a look at the bird and it was just a cardinal. It didn't sound like any cardinal recordings I could find. I think there might be regional dialects.
Have you tried FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds ? I'll check Catbird vocalizations. ThanksCatbirds can mimic a lot of sounds, maybe even a child's laugh.
I never had much luck trying to identify birds by calls posted on the internet. There was one call I couldn't figure out, then I got a look at the bird and it was just a cardinal. It didn't sound like any cardinal recordings I could find. I think there might be regional dialects.
I just checked FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds and didn't find any matches there in Catbird vocalizations. I did however, hear a vocalization I've heard frequently, but didn't know it was from a Catbird
Catbirds, and mockingbirds too, will imitate sounds that they have heard. So, even if you don't find that particular call, it could still be a catbird or mockingbird that heard and imitated the sound.
I've never heard of two imitations run together though. A Crow & a child's laugh. That's why I first listened to Crow vocalizations
Crows are pretty good mimics too.
Is there scientific proof that Crows make some of the other vocalizations? I mean like video of them mimicking other sounds
Scientific proof? I don't know, but if you google it, you will find info that crows imitate human sounds.Is there scientific proof that Crows make some of the other vocalizations? I mean like video of them mimicking other sounds
Birds That Mimic Human Speech in North America | eHow.com
I remember when I was a kid, somebody in the neighborhood had caught a young crow. They made sort of a pet of it, though it still roamed free. It did imitate human sounds.
Ok. Thank youScientific proof? I don't know, but if you google it, you will find info that crows imitate human sounds.Is there scientific proof that Crows make some of the other vocalizations? I mean like video of them mimicking other sounds
Birds That Mimic Human Speech in North America | eHow.com
I remember when I was a kid, somebody in the neighborhood had caught a young crow. They made sort of a pet of it, though it still roamed free. It did imitate human sounds.
Crows and ravens as pets have been taught to speak human words like parrots.
Could it have been some sort of gull?
Not a crow, but along the same lines are these birds, the bluejay is native to your area and noted for mimicking numerous other sounds.
I would guess that you heard a mocking bird. It is native to your area and will immitate, "mock", any sound it hears. I know of one that immitated the squeak of a clothsline reel.
According to the map on Wikipedia, their territory doesn't extend as far south as West Virginia, but the three trees it mentions that they prefer, are common here
Mockingbirds are one of the typical birds of the American deep south. In recent years their range has increased. I have them in my yard in southern New Hampshire.
This is the range map I found through wikipedia
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