Monday, April 5, 2010

Strange sounds in the night

photo: kids.nationalgeographic.com

It got up to 82 today and so when I got home, I opened up all the windows and turned on the ceiling fans and it felt warm and almost tropical in the house (nice til I want to sleep...) and the peepers were serenading...

And then, this sound, like a bird? A fox in heat? Or something trapped and succumbing, across the lake, in the dark...Unsettling if you were a creature outside, and being safe inside...


I just wondered "What the hell is it?"

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17 comments:

  1. Tango's Going OnsApril 5, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    LOL....I don't think I've seen a frog since I left Louisiana.

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  2. L. D. April 5, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    Sounds spooky whatever it is. It reminds me of the call of a hawk at night.

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  3. Ellen WhyteApril 6, 2010 at 8:53 AM

    Spoookeeee! I'd hide under the bed.

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  4. AnonymousApril 6, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    It doesn't sound like our hawks? Maybe an owl? Or an alien! Ahhhhhh...

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  5. TimoteoApril 6, 2010 at 6:19 PM

    It's the mating call of the wild Tiger (Woods.)

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  6. HilaryApril 7, 2010 at 1:07 AM

    LOL at Timoteo. I have no idea but please let us know if you find out. :)

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  7. birdchickApril 7, 2010 at 8:52 AM

    It sounds like a heron--quite a few are active at night, especially during migration and the breeding season. I'm not sure what part of the country you live in so I don't know what herons you would have but if I had to guess, I would say this is a yellow-crowned night-heron.

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  8. AnonymousApril 7, 2010 at 5:59 PM

    According to all of the mysteries I see on tv from britian, it is a fox.

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  9. MoanerplicityApril 8, 2010 at 8:51 AM

    The sounds in nature can indeed be creepy, alarming, amusing, fascinating, vurry scurry, but they never fail to amaze me with their variety.

    Snatch JOY!

    One.

    Lin

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  10. rebeccaApril 8, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    That sound would definitely freak me out! I'm such a city girl at times...:)

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  11. kjApril 8, 2010 at 11:57 PM

    teri, i'm using a familiar word in your comments here: spooky.

    of course i have no idea and of course i want to know if you know.

    fun post, spooky fun.

    ♥

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  12. MimApril 10, 2010 at 5:12 AM

    maybe owl???

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  13. Kimo and SabiApril 11, 2010 at 11:07 AM

    Sounds like da Blair Witch Project to us! Stay inside!!!

    P.S. we just added you to our blogroll!

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  14. Admiral HestorbApril 14, 2010 at 10:46 AM

    An Owl, I bet.

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  15. Cat Street BoyzApril 15, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    Surprisingly we get tree frogs here, maybe because we live very close to a 1000 acre lake.....anywhoooo, we have heard weird sounds and once we could hear coyotes pacing around the house....very creepy=^Y^=

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  16. CatHerderApril 16, 2010 at 9:06 AM

    ooh hahahah....i need to post the video of the gibbons in disney we saw...if i heard that at night id be terrified!

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  17. Mary Sheehan WinnApril 28, 2010 at 5:36 PM

    That middle picture looks like the Power Puff Girls. Now THEY are scary!

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