Hi there. I have a kind of bird near my house (out in the country, near ponds and swamps, next to a forest, about 20 miles inland from the beach) that I hear but never can see. I think they might be mating right now (Oct.), as they seem to be calling to each other quite often throughout the day. I can't tell if they are in the trees or on the ground.
The sound they make is like a high-pitched laughter, rapid, starting out with a low note on the first couple of "ha's" and then into a higher note, and the speed winds down a bit toward the end. Ahhh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha or ah-aa-aa-aa-aa... If I mimic it, it is nasal in sound. Also it makes a similar sound, rapid, but not as high in note, maybe like er-er-er-er-er-er-er...
Any guesses as to what it might be? It's making me so crazy because I can hear them but never see them. It sounds like a rain forest around here.
NOTE: Sounds sort of like a Prairie Falcon, but more of a uniform call.
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
Genesis 1:23
