Here's an inquiry I received on August 17th. If you have any ideas, please=
reply to the list and I'll respond to the person who inquired.
Doug
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>Hi,
>Every night I walk my dog at 11:00 pm and hear this.
>The location is a neighborhood suburb in Lawrence Massachusetts, USA.
>The time is late August, and I'm three blocks from a river (the
>Merrimac River) that runs in 30 miles to the Atlantic.
> There are long steep treed banks going down to the river.
>The sound is in the same place every night, maybe in an adjacent tree
>behind the same house.
>Lots of old tall maples in the area, some birches, maybe some pine.
>The sound is similar to the chirping of an angry squirrell but without
>the urgency or the high pitch. (A little froggy maybe, but rough
>sounding.)
>Also it's in serials of threes and twos usually, sometimes a one, and
>is constantly repeating with no quiet periods.
>It's about 150 feet from where I walk and is quite audible.
>I've looked up a bunch of nocturnal bird sites and can't find any
>informations except about robins and nightingales and it didn't
>occur to me that it might be an owl because I thought they all 'hoo'ed.
>Your site says if 'it's driving you crazy'...and it is. You probably
>knew after you read the first couple of lines what it is.
>I've lived in this location my whole life (fifty three years) and never
>heard this before. It's loud enough that I can imagine
> the owners of the house nearby can't sleep if they leave open windows.
>So? What is it?
>Thanks much, Deb Silke > <
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Doug Von Gausig
Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
Moderator
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