Help ID weird night bird in Ohio, please!

[chicknmania]

This bird's calls woke me up at 4:15AM today.. I wondered if it could've been a Whippoorwill? I have heard their recorded calls but never a real one, maybe it was some variation? It was one down-slurred note, followed by three up-slurred notes. Over and over. Sounded sort of like a puppy yelping, but I know it was a bird. It moved around once or twice in our woods. I don't think it was an owl, though I know they can make different sounds. We have several acres of woods, a pond, and a 7 acre wetland at the rear. We are surrounded by farm fields. Can anyone help me figure out what this was? We are a little far North for a Whipporwill, but it has been hot the past couple of days....

 

[chicknmania]

No one has an idea?

 

[Rolsjo]

I don't know for sure, since I'm not from your area. But this would be the place to check:

Whatbird.com - Whip-poor-will

 

[chicknmania]

I did that before. As far as I can tell, the Whip poor will only has one call.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Could have been a Chuck Will's Widow

Similar bird, slightly different call from a Whipoorwill

http://www.google.com/search?complete=1&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=chuck+wills+widow&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

 

[pringle]

It could of been a mourning dove.There call goes.coo ha coo coo coo.

 

[Kansaseq]

Night Hawk? Screech Owl?

 

[chicknmania]

Chuck Will's Widow maybe...I will research that. Night hawk, screech owl, mourniing dove are all common birds here and I know their calls, this is not one of them.

Thanks.

 

[dkluzier]

Could it have been a coyote pup? I have travelled on interstate 70 through Ohio and have seen coyote's in the cornfields along the road west of Columbus. . .Since you said it sounded like a pup yelp.

 

[Kansaseq]

Are you sure it's a bird? I was riding in the woods one day and heard a common sound that I always thought was a bird. A friend informed me it was a FROG! Some naturalist I am.

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