Definitely Sand Hill Cranes! Lucky you!
 

<pre>Bruce</pre>

> On 11/21/2020 10:50 AM Jasper Barnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello, all!
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> I was hanging out in my apartment this morning when I heard the strangest noise outside my window. I think it was the "bugling" of passerby Sandhill Cranes! I didn't manage to see the flock, but I got a decent recording. Do these sound like cranes to you all, or am I just hearing funky Canada Goose flocks or something?
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> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65335920
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> I don't have transit to some of the farther-flung bird spots like Sandbar SP or the beach in Charlotte, so it's always nice to have something unusual practically on my doorstep, for a change.
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> Thanks for your time, stay safe, and have a good one!
> 
> --Jasper Barnes