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camwyn ([personal profile] camwyn) wrote2021-03-17 08:24 am
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The ravens are back. Yes, plural.

I was out in the backyard yesterday afternoon trying not to let the wind get to me- it was hardly as bad as it'd been the day before- when I heard GRONK, GROOOONK noises from across the street. A few seconds later I heard them from another direction. I got my bird sound ID app up and running and recorded several more of the noises, and the app definitely thought they were raven rather than crow noises; I assumed the different directions I was hearing them from simply reflected one bird on the move.



Silhouettes of two ravens against a blue sky, with tree branches over most of the foreground


Wish I had a better pic but when I saw how fast they were moving overhead I knew I wasn't going to have time to get the camera out and powered up and focused properly. But these birds were definitely bigger than crows, had wedge-shaped rather than fan-shaped tails, and croaked rather than cawing.
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[personal profile] derien 2021-03-23 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
What do you use for a bird sound ID app? I think I've identified the call of a saw-whet owl, but of course I can't claim it in Merlin because I can't ID by sound.
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