Colin Driscoll wrote:
Hi all
Here's a challenge...
I live at the edge of Lake Macquarie in the Toronto area and last
> night at around 10 a large bird flew over. I heard its call for a
> while before it flew over head maybe 100m up and it was big enough
> to be able to catch its outline in the moonlight with the naked eye
> and I could hear the steady swish of the wing beats. The call was a
> longish gutteral "owarrgh" (I think I spelled that right!). It was
> heading north.
I wasn't an Ibis or Black Swan so what was it?
Wood Ducks - Slater describes the call as "a goose-like nasal 'now'".
I've heard them flying at night on many occasions, usually early
evening when it's fully dark. 10pm sounds a little late, but it's
a full moon and they are probably taking advantage of it for
late-night feeding (or returning to roost.)
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