[birding] RE: raptor question from Linda Fink

[Don Boucher]

I listened to Linda's sound and it sounds like a Cooper's Hawk. I've heard juveniles make this squeal and the "kek-kek-kek-kek-kek" is the typical call of an adult. The squeals sound like it may be an older youngster or perhaps even an adult making a juvenile-like sound. I don't know if adults actually do that but isn't it out of season for fledglings?

Listen and compare our recordings of Cooper's Hawks on the following web page. The juvenile sounds were recorded in July from fledglings begging for food.

http://www.neighborhood-naturalist.com/bird_sounds/pages/030_hawks.htm

Don Boucher
Corvallis, OR
www.Neighborhood-Naturalist.com

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