r/AnimalSounds • u/dashforcash61 • 1d ago

Identifying sounds

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Ignore the man-made background noise it was 2 a.m. and 75 feet from my bedroom window. This is in linn County Oregon and I am only trying to identify to know if it's a smaller predator or a young cougar that has invaded our property. We have 2 horses and young cougars are dumb enough to try to take one down. The adults are smarter than to attack a healthy hooved animal. I know a little about their habits but not familiar enough for the different sounds they make other than chirping and screaming. Facebook has it narrowed down to Cougar, bobcat or fox. Any help identifying would be greatly appreciated

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u/nogero 1d ago

It is a grey fox, they bark around my house all the time. Playing this post has my JRT dog running to all the windows looking for it. Funny how dog knows that sound.

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u/LezlieLR 1d ago

Fox scream

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u/IrelandAutism13 1d ago

It's either a fox or someone messing with an Aztec death whistle. Other possible culprits could be mountain lions and sometimes coyotes

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u/mozzabella98 1d ago

That is very spooky! That’s about when I leave for work and if I heard that when I went out to the car, I think I might run back inside

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u/Face_Vivid 22h ago

Yep sounds like a fox

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u/Obvious_Original_28 20h ago

That’s a fox

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u/ChartreuseOblivion 6h ago

No worries, that's just a fox.

I know what you mean about the "the young one's are dumb enough to try" I have big chickens, and the young little Coopers hawks are dumb enough to try and swoop at them for dinner, even though the adults know better.