Lucky you!! Try whistling to your visitor. Mine whistles back to me. He and his partner usually appear about 11pm and talk to me until I go to bed. I have some wonderful pictures that he was willing to let me take. I got to within a few feet of him until he swung off the porch. He likes sunflower seeds. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hejmanowski" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] I.D. Night Caller? > Try this for flying squirrel audio: > http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Audio/index.html > > Dave Hejmanowski > Delaware, OH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] I.D. Night Caller? > > >> Karen, >> >> Your nocturnal calling critter sounds like it might be a flying >> squirrel. I heard one for my first time at a friend's house, also in >> Medina Co. Everything about your description matches what I heard. Very >> mournful and ventriloquistic. Anybody know of a good sound file link so >> that we might all learn to recognize this one? >> Thanks. >> >> Craig Rieker >> Parma OH >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "KG" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 2:56 PM >> Subject: [Ohio-birds] I.D. Night Caller? >> >> >>> At my mother's house in southwest Medina county last night I heard a >>> bird call I could not identify. Mom says it has been calling for a >>> week or more -- only after dark and until very late at night (at least >>> until she finally falls asleep). She does not hear it during daylight >>> hours. It is a lone bird, none of its calls are returned. In 31 years >>> living there she has never heard anything similar. The call itself is >>> a single plaintive descending shriek... 8-12 seconds apart, very loud, >>> fairly clear. I don't believe it was an owl -- certainly none I'm >>> familiar with. Its quality reminded me of a gull call, but much >>> louder. I wonder if it could be some sort of misplaced domestic fowl. >>> The calls are louder and softer, to suggest the caller is facing >>> sometimes away and sometimes toward us. It seems to be emanating from >>> approximately the same area every night, about 1/8 mile away, at a >>> property that currently is unoccupied. Probably overgrown grassy and >>> shrubby area with saplings -- >>> a pond and dense woods are nearby. >>> >>> Any ideas? >> >>> Karen Gray >>> Summit County - Copley Twp >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. >> Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. >> Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at >> www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. >> >> You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: >> http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS >> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: > 269.8.17/850 - Release Date: 6/15/2007 11:31 AM > > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]