The most commonly heard call of the Barking Owl is a double note 'woof-woof' which sounds quite similar to a dog's bark. Male and female often duet with the male making the lower-pitched call and the female the higher notes.
If so, you have heard the Brown-headed Nuthatch. These tiny birds, which live in pine stands throughout the Southeastern U.S., are heard as often as seen … and their “wee-yah, wee-yah, wee-yah” call does sound amazingly like a squeaky dog toy. They also make a “queet” call and a high-pitched burbling chatter.
The main territorial vocalisation is in the form of a double 'hoot', similar in pattern to the other Australian hawk owls. It sounds like a double dog bark that so closely resembles a small dog that it is difficult to tell the difference. The barking owl name is derived from these calls.
Barking Owl ~ Ninox connivens.
A bark is a sound most often produced by dogs. Other animals that make this noise include, but are not limited to, wolves, coyotes, foxes, seals, and barking owls. The most common onomatopoeia in the English language for this sound is "woof." "Bark" is also a verb that describes the sound of many canids.
Coyote Sounds
Coyotes can sound like dogs, but they have a more extensive vocal repertoire. They're often called the 'song dog' because of the many sounds they make. They growl, huff, bark, howl, yelp, whine, yodel and sometimes 'sing' in a group.
The most commonly heard call of the Barking Owl is a double note 'woof-woof' which sounds quite similar to a dog's bark.
Hi vikki, the only bird I can think of offhand that makes a "whining or whimpering" type sound is a robin. We have a forum member on here (Monkeycheese) who has an excellent knowledge or robins and he may have a video clip somewhere that he has previously posted of one of his garden robins making that "whining" sound.
Willie Wagtails often sing through the night, especially in spring and summer and on moonlit nights. Recorded in Wollemi National Park, New South Wales. Willie Wagtail Calls & Song. The sounds of a Willie Wagtail singing in the Australian bush.
Laughing kookaburra
This nostalgic Australian icon can be found in open forests across the country, particularly in gumtrees, and are often heard in suburbs around the Adelaide Hills. Its loud cackle of 'koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' is often sung in a chorus with other kookaburras.
Many types of birds incorporate mimicry into their vocal repertoires. However, one species is simply extraordinary in it's ability to accurately imitate even the most complex of sounds – the Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) of south-eastern Australia.
The noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is one of several species known as friarbirds whose heads are bare of feathers.
Songs: Brown-headed Nuthatches don't sing complicated songs, but they are plenty vocal. They make tiny squeaks that sound like a toy rubber ducky being squeezed. These wheezy 2-syllable notes emanate from the treetops year-round.
Yet another imitative word, croak is defined as a “hoarse harsh cry or sound,” which describes the calls of both the common raven and the American bittern.
A chirp is the short, high sound a bird makes. The chirps of the robins at your bird feeder through the open window might drive your cat crazy. Birds chirp — you could also say they tweet, twitter, cheep, and warble — and some insects chirp too.
Lyrebird in Australia perfectly mimics crying baby - YouTube. Not many birds can compare to the vocal range of the Australian lyrebird, and Taronga Zoo's lyrebird, Echo, is no exception.
THE WHINE. The whine is almost as versatile as the bark, but less assertive. Dogs typically whine when they want something, like food, a toy, or attention. A dog that whines at the door may want to go outside, and a dog that whines while lying next to her leash could be hoping you will take her for a walk.
Vocalizations. The monotonous, repetitive call of the Common Ground-Dove brings to mind sultry and languid Southern summers, when the species' plaintive call is often heard; hence the colloquial name “moaning” dove.
bark What word means the outer layer on a tree? bark Yes. The word bark can mean the noise a dog makes OR the outer layer on a tree.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a dog, then it is probably a Brazilian merganser. As we near the end of Year of the Bird, we dedicate November to one of the rarest and most threatened species in the Neotropical (South American) region.
Besides dogs and related animals such as wolves, jackals, foxes and coyotes; baboons, monkeys, rodents, deers and some birds such as macaws, cockatoos and ostriches also bark.
Howling is a vocal form of animal communication seen in most canines, particularly wolves, coyotes, foxes, and dogs, as well as cats and some species of monkeys. Howls are lengthy sustained sounds, loud and audible over long distances, often with some variation in pitch over the length of the sound.
The bark sounds similar to that of a dog, except slightly higher pitched and sometimes shrill. Studies on other species of foxes show that the animals can recognize each other based on their calls, which isn't that surprising, Harris added.
Porcupines can sound like babies in the dark, video shows | Centre Daily Times.