I bought a songbird audio recorder to not only catch birds singing,but other creatures of the night.I got the one with two microphones.Boy oh boy,has it captured some great sounds.If the majority of people knew what prowls in the night,and early moring hrs,they would stop camping all together! The audio recorder i mentioned is around 600 dollars.😊Thanks for another great video.
Oh, thank you SO much for mentioning frog noises. The Screech Owl and the Woodcock in particular could easily fool me, I've heard noises like that and assumed Tree Frog. At least some of the time I've been right: itty green tree frogs are VERY common on the Gulf Coast, and I can confirm it because they do not mind landing right on a human being! Nothing quite so startling as a sudden tiny green assailant on your glasses, I tell you. The frog was as surprised as I was, ha! I did NOT know that cardinals and mockingbirds would vocalize at night though! Definitely useful to know and something I can work on learning more about. After most of the summer abandoned by the mockingbirds, they came back this week - with a vengeance, one sat on my window unit AC and screamed at me yesterday. I kind of like thinking he was shouting about the bird feeder being empty :P
I remember the first time that I saw a Virginia Rail. It was back in the 80s and we would use tapes to get them to come out and take a peek but their behavior was so cute. They would come out and take a peek and then you would hear their "oink oink oink oink oink" call. Yellow Rail is one I'd love to get on my list but they are so good at hiding. Same with Black Rails and their "Kiki-do" calls. Seeing Clappers in South Carolina and hearing their calls was a treat as well. Really Enjoy you guys videos.
I've read that the barred owl scream is made during nesting season, when the female is getting impatient for the male to return to the nest with food. Thinking of it that way makes it more funny than scary to me now when I'm lucky enough to hear it.
This is great. Thank you! I believe you've helped me identify the night bird I love hearing, both in eastern Oregon, and in Nayarit, Mexico (west coast). That is Wilson's Snipe or some bird like this.
Surprised you didn't include the Black-crowned Night Heron. Commonly heard flying by around twilight during the mating and post-nesting seasons. I've heard the Eastern Screech Owl right outside my condo at night during the late winter and early spring. 2 bodies of water I'm familiar with that aren't far from each other have a tradition for hearing 2 other owls during the pre-sunset time of day in the late winter and early spring. One is a small reservoir mostly surrounded by mixed woodlands, which is where I've heard a pair of Great Horned Owls a number of times. The other is a small recreational area with trails and a few small ponds, which is located in a residential area that holds a lot of trees. That's where I hear a Barred Owl calling from a roadside pine every year starting in February. I'm very familiar with hearing the calls of migratory birds in the late winter/early spring and mid/late fall. Most have very similar flight calls that sound like a Black-capped Chickadee's "tsee". I've gotten to hear foraging flocks of wintering and migrating White-throated Sparrows make very similar calls. I was hoping to see you include the Northern Mockingbird, as the males can continue singing into the night. And the American Robin is the earliest of the early birds. They're bound to be the first ones singing while it's still dark out before any other bird begins to sing. The screaming-like growl of raccoons at night can be creepy.
0:00 Intro
0:26 Owls
0:28 Eastern Screech Owl description
0:43 Eastern Screech Owl call
1:02 Western Screech Owl description
1:08 Western Screech Owl call
1:18 Barn Owl and juvenile owls call description
1:44 Barn Owl call
1:54 Juvenile owl calls
2:01 Great Horned Owl call description
2:13 Great Horned Owl call
2:39 Barred Owl call description
2:42 Barred Owl call
3:12 Northern Saw-whet Owl call description
3:20 Northern Saw-whet Owl call
3:33 Long-eared Owl call description
3:43 Long-eared Owl call
3:56 Short-eared Owl call description
4:11 Short-eared Owl call
4:20 Elf Owl call description
4:31 Elf Owl call
4:43 Flammulated Owl call description
4:53 Flammulated Owl call
5:06 Spotted Owl call description
5:13 Spotted Owl call
5:26 Nightjars
5:38 Eastern Whip-poor-will call description
5:46 Eastern Whip-poor-will call
5:56 Chuck-will’s-widow call description
6:01 Chuck-will’s-widow call
6:10 Common Nighthawk call description
6:24 Common Nighthawk call
6:33 Common Poorwill call description
6:38 Common Poorwill call
6:48 Marsh and Field Birds
6:52 American Woodcock call description
7:08 American Woodcock call
7:21 Wilson’s Snipe winnowing description
7:33 Wilson’s Snipe “winnow”
7:50 Yellow Rail call description
8:03 Yellow Rail call
8:12 Virginia Rail call description
8:16 Virginia Rail call
8:28 Killdeer call description
8:37 Killdeer call
8:46 Sora call description
8:50 Sora call
9:03 American Bittern call description
9:14 American Bittern call
9:27 Not traditionally “nocturnal” birds that may sing and call at night
9:32 Northern Mockingbird song description
9:47 Northern Mockingbird song
10:04 Common Loon vocalization description
10:09 Common Loon vocalization
10:29 Northern Cardinal song and call description
10:47 Northern Cardinal song and call
11:13 American Robin song description
11:24 American Robin Song
11:34 Nocturnal Flight Calls (NFCs)
12:02 Eastern Gray Squirrel noises
12:14 Gray Tree Frog call
12:21 Other things you may hear
12:31 Rock Squirrel call
12:34 Final Thoughts
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I bought a songbird audio recorder to not only catch birds singing,but other creatures of the night.I got the one with two microphones.Boy oh boy,has it captured some great sounds.If the majority of people knew what prowls in the night,and early moring hrs,they would stop camping all together! The audio recorder i mentioned is around 600 dollars.😊Thanks for another great video.
Oh, thank you SO much for mentioning frog noises. The Screech Owl and the Woodcock in particular could easily fool me, I've heard noises like that and assumed Tree Frog. At least some of the time I've been right: itty green tree frogs are VERY common on the Gulf Coast, and I can confirm it because they do not mind landing right on a human being! Nothing quite so startling as a sudden tiny green assailant on your glasses, I tell you. The frog was as surprised as I was, ha!
I did NOT know that cardinals and mockingbirds would vocalize at night though! Definitely useful to know and something I can work on learning more about.
After most of the summer abandoned by the mockingbirds, they came back this week - with a vengeance, one sat on my window unit AC and screamed at me yesterday. I kind of like thinking he was shouting about the bird feeder being empty :P
I have heard a lot of these birds at night.
@@NathanWebb-c5h I’m sure you get the coastal rails in Alabama as well!
special sound ! we hear different bird sound in morocco :)
@@BirdingWithRachid I bet!
I remember the first time that I saw a Virginia Rail. It was back in the 80s and we would use tapes to get them to come out and take a peek but their behavior was so cute. They would come out and take a peek and then you would hear their "oink oink oink oink oink" call. Yellow Rail is one I'd love to get on my list but they are so good at hiding. Same with Black Rails and their "Kiki-do" calls. Seeing Clappers in South Carolina and hearing their calls was a treat as well. Really Enjoy you guys videos.
@@aspiecomputergeek9870 we got to see a Virginia Rail family at Horicon Marsh a few years ago. It was super cool! Glad you’re enjoying the vids!
Thank you for some of the really in depth call examples! :DDD
@@michelletoth9125 you’re welcome!
Terrific video; thanks so much. Sounds and calls are so important yet so difficult to learn. This is very helpful!
My dad used to refer to the American bittern as a "slough pumper"... you can hear why!
lol love it
Great video. Heard a few of the owls and the last bird
That’s great! Thanks so much for watching and commenting :)
Yellow rail? How about some of the more common ones -- king, or clapper. Enjoyed this a lot -- thanks!
@@wincoffin7985 hey if you identify a yellow rail out in the field now you’re gonna thank me
So cool !! Great lesson and entertaining! Keep up the great work!
We’ll keep it up as long as people keep enjoying it :)
@@BadgerlandBirding excellent 👍
Thanks for this one, lots of these are quite elusive! Very helpful, keep up the great work!
@@Oltoir yeah they sure are! Much easier if you know their vocalizations though :)
Last fall I heard the Barred Owl scream call while I was out in the woods after dark. It was kind of bone-chilling...
Seems a lot of people hear it and have questions about what they heard!
Thanks so much for these wonderful videos.
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Great stuff.
Have you ever heard a Barred Owl scream? I have, and they're terrifying! But when you know it's a barred owl, it helps a bit, but it's still scary!
I've read that the barred owl scream is made during nesting season, when the female is getting impatient for the male to return to the nest with food. Thinking of it that way makes it more funny than scary to me now when I'm lucky enough to hear it.
I heard a mockingbird at 3AM once. I wonder why they do that?! It seems like an invitation to an owl: "Here I am!" 😆🙄
@@HopeSmith-tc1pq haha that’s a fair point! Tell him to watch out!
This is great. Thank you! I believe you've helped me identify the night bird I love hearing, both in eastern Oregon, and in Nayarit, Mexico (west coast). That is Wilson's Snipe or some bird like this.
Surprised you didn't include the Black-crowned Night Heron. Commonly heard flying by around twilight during the mating and post-nesting seasons.
I've heard the Eastern Screech Owl right outside my condo at night during the late winter and early spring. 2 bodies of water I'm familiar with that aren't far from each other have a tradition for hearing 2 other owls during the pre-sunset time of day in the late winter and early spring. One is a small reservoir mostly surrounded by mixed woodlands, which is where I've heard a pair of Great Horned Owls a number of times. The other is a small recreational area with trails and a few small ponds, which is located in a residential area that holds a lot of trees. That's where I hear a Barred Owl calling from a roadside pine every year starting in February.
I'm very familiar with hearing the calls of migratory birds in the late winter/early spring and mid/late fall. Most have very similar flight calls that sound like a Black-capped Chickadee's "tsee". I've gotten to hear foraging flocks of wintering and migrating White-throated Sparrows make very similar calls.
I was hoping to see you include the Northern Mockingbird, as the males can continue singing into the night. And the American Robin is the earliest of the early birds. They're bound to be the first ones singing while it's still dark out before any other bird begins to sing.
The screaming-like growl of raccoons at night can be creepy.