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Please identify the bird sound

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  • 13-05-2014 10:34pm
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    Birroc
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    I live in the country and I keep hearing this strange bird call that I have never identified. It even makes the sound at night.
    It starts off like someone is blowing air through a comb+paper (if you know what I mean) and it oscillates quickly and raises pitch until it stops.
    Any idea?


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    whyulittle
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    Snipe? Ignore the obvious bird song in the background!

    http://www.xeno-canto.org/134176


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    Birroc
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    Snipe? Ignore the obvious bird song in the background!

    http://www.xeno-canto.org/134176

    Yeah that's it..around 3 seconds and 11 seconds.
    Well played Sir!

    We must be wall-to-wall snipes because I hear that sound a lot. We do live near a large bog. Are they in the trees or on the ground? I would expect them on the ground but they sound higher up.


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    whyulittle
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    They're in the air when they make the sound, with their feathers. Below is one I spotted yesterday.

    7S5D7401.jpg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1woRN2BJJ7E


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    Birroc
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    They're in the air when they make the sound, with their feathers. Below is one I spotted yesterday.

    Even at night? I heard it 10 mins ago.


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    whyulittle
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    I don't know if they go right through the night but I've heard them pre-dawn alright.


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    magicbastarder
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    i was in connemara recently and we heard a lot of snipe winnowing - generally started at dusk and went on for an hour or so.


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    Birroc
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i was in connemara recently and we heard a lot of snipe winnowing - generally started at dusk and went on for an hour or so.

    I am in Connemara and I just went outside and heard it again. I hear it a lot at night.


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    MeteoritesEire
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    Snipe? Ignore the obvious bird song in the background!

    http://www.xeno-canto.org/134176


    love that-great site--the obvious birdsong in background is glorious-I'm always trying to figure out what birds I'm hearing and rarely have a clue except for the obvious ones like blackbird,robin --must study some more


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