Hi,
I heard that call, or something similar, in Iceland last October. At that
time I wondered if it was a European thing as I couldn't recall hearing it
in the States.
Cheers,
Nigel
Nigel Ball
nigelj.ball at gmail.com
206.715.8030
On Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 21:36 Gary Bletsch <
garybletsch at protonmail.com> wrote:
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Dear Tweeters,
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Today, the fifth of March, a Common Raven was flying around the fields by
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the parking area at the Samish West Ninety. The Raven was making a call
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that I don't remember ever hearing before. It was a sort of clicking call.
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At first, I thought I'd found "something good," but was surprised when the
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Raven flew by me, then circled a few times, making this odd call. I
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transcribed it as "Chickita-chickita-chickatik." Each utterance lasted
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about a second and a half.
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I took a look at the recordings on Xenocanto, but for some reason, my
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computer decided that I won't be listening to any recordings, so I decided
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not to deal with that particular tech nightmare. and left it at that!
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Are any Tweeters familiar with such a clicking call of Common Ravens?
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Yours truly,
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Gary Bletsch
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