Night Squeaker

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  1. Adam I

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    Terrorising my bedroom window is this feathered squeaker calling out with some truly mighty lungs. I went for a walk to find him, at 2:30 am, and found him a good trot away singing like a hippo's chew toy!

    Any idea what his or her surname is? Id love to send a FRIENDLY letter! :biggrin:
     

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    Could it be a pa/ma and a babe? :snooze:
     
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    Sorry, no idea :noidea:

    We have plenty of noises from our garden denizens and I just say hello to them in the dark. I'm not sure they bother to answer me. :heehee:
     
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    • pete

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      I can't hear anything.
       
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        I can hear it [had to turn the volume up a fair bit] but I've no idea what it is. Sorry.
         
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          I can’t hear it … but from your description could it be a female tawny owl calling to branching baby owls who’ve left the nest? It’s quite a piercing “kee-wick”
          Identify UK owl calls.
           
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            Just a black screen with a small white triangle with a cross through it for me.

            Did it sound like this?
             
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            We’re thinking along the same lines @Tidemark :)
             
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              I can hear it (on full volume). My guess is an owl of some sort.
               
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              I can't hear either recording. but we do get The Squeak coming by our window ... but I don't think he has wandered that far as he is a small cat! We do have Small Owls making noise in the wee hours though.
               
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              I can hear it and it's not that :noidea:
               
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              Have you forgotten where you put your ear trumpet? :old:
               
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                Maybe take a run through these…

                 
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                I played it to the Merlin app and that thinks it's a tawny owl.
                 
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                It agrees with me :hapydancsmil:
                 
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