The song starts with one or two (up to eight) short introductory notes and then a fast trill that can sound like a taut rubber band being plucked, or a piece of paper stuck into a fan. Some
Brown-headed Nuthatches don't sing complicated songs, but they are plenty vocal. They make tiny squeaks that sound like a toy rubber ducky being squeezed. These wheezy 2-syllable notes emanate from the treetops year-round.
Common Ravens make many different kinds of calls varying from a low, gurgling croak to harsh grating sounds and shrill alarm calls.
The most common call of the Brown-headed Nuthatch, a high-pitched, squeaky chee-da, recalls the sound of air escaping a squeeze-toy.
Northern Flickers make a loud, rolling rattle with a piercing tone that rises and falls in volume several times.
The rattle is found at the tip of the rattlesnake's tail. The snake uses the rattle to warn potential aggressors to back off or to distract prey. The famous rattle noise comes from the sound created when hollow and bony doughnutlike segments in the rattle bang together. Check out where rattlesnakes live.
noun. : a device for scaring birds away from fields or gardens by making a rattling noise.
Lyrebirds are gorgeous creatures with an unusual trait–they vocalize like human babies! These aren't the only birds that make unusual sounds, but their cry may be the most troubling to hear if you don't know what it is! Let's take a closer look at the lyrebird and its unique call.
That “squeaky wheel” is the signature sound of the Black-and-white Warbler, Mniotilta varia, a migrating songbird and summer resident in the deciduous and mixed forests of North Carolina and much of the Eastern United States.
Yellow-headed blackbirds need a strong display presentation to go with their squeaky hinge songs. These blackbirds cling to a cattail, spread their tail feathers, half open their wings and lean forward to emit their squeaky song.
It's the Moaning Frog (Heleioporus eyrei), which is. found in southwest Western Australia along the coast. from Geraldton to Esperance, as well as Rottnest.
A croak is the low, hoarse sound a frog makes. Crows and people with sore throats can croak, too.
Common Cuckoo
But despite having such a familiar call, few people ever see this secretive bird, as it hides out in reed beds, moorlands and woodland edges. As well as their iconic call they also make a cough and the female a trill. The male sings to attract the females.
The male Ruffed Grouse's unique drumming display takes place from atop a low log, stump, or rock. The deep, thumping sound starts slowly and builds to a blurred crescendo as the bird rapidly rotates his wings back and forth. The drumming sequence lasts 8–10 seconds, during which the wings may beat up to 50 times.
The Wood frog chorus sounds like quacking ducks. If you're out for a walk this month, and you hear something that sounds like ducks quacking, don't expect to see ducks. The call of a male wood frog fools a lot of people.
Double-crested Cormorant Sounds.
The squeaky-gate call of the gang-gang cockatoo is one of the distinctive sounds of Canberra. Though listed as vulnerable in New South Wales, these ash grey birds - especially the males with their fiery red heads - are a common sight in parks and suburban gardens in the national capital.
If so, you have heard the Brown-headed Nuthatch. These tiny birds, which live in pine stands throughout the Southeastern U.S., are heard as often as seen … and their “wee-yah, wee-yah, wee-yah” call does sound amazingly like a squeaky dog toy. They also make a “queet” call and a high-pitched burbling chatter.
The Cedar Waxwing's call sounds like a bicycle bell. It has a crested head and a very smooth-feathered body. This bird will nest later in the summer than most bird species.
Spotted Catbirds are named for their bizarre cat-like wailing calls (some say it sounds more like a baby crying!) which are a common sound of both lowland and higher altitude rainforests within their range.
If you've heard the sound of a bird that sounds like laughing you've probably already heard the call of the green woodpecker. The green woodpecker's call is one of the most readily identifiable sounds in nature so it isn't surprising that many local names for the green woodpecker are onomatopoeic.
Three times more intense than the Screaming Piha — the world's second loudest bird — the White Bellbird's call was measured at 125 decibels, which is comparable to a jackhammer.
Common Grackles are blackbirds that look like they've been slightly stretched. They're taller and longer tailed than a typical blackbird, with a longer, more tapered bill and glossy-iridescent bodies. Grackles walk around lawns and fields on their long legs or gather in noisy groups high in trees, typically evergreens.
The chattering lory (Lorius garrulus) is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade. Chattering lory. At the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.