Hi Dana,

Not like any Pheasant I've heard. More the quality of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo
but not a clucking sound. Got me bewildered.

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From: "Dana Rohleder" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Strange Night Call


> Ring-necked Pheasant?
>
> Dana Rohleder
> Port Kent, NY
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> From: "Tom" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:33 PM
> Subject: [VTBIRD] Strange Night Call
>
>
>> Early this morning, between 4 and 4:30am, not far outside the open window
> of
>> the bedroom, a possible bird called a few times near the feeders. The
> sound
>> was like Kee-yaup Kee-yaup Kee-yaup Kee-yaup with a downward slide. The
>> evenly paced call notes were about a second apart - which sounds a bit
>> slow - and were in groups of 4 to 6.
>>
>> I have listened to the recordings I have, and nothing is close. I at
>> first
>> thought Short-eared owl. Also possibly a raccoon. But this was nothing I
>> have ever heard before.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Tom Barber
>> Burlington
>
>
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