Believe it or not, there is a single note sound that a Chipmunk makes that can
fool you.  It's a hollow "toook" note, and is often repeated in a slow series.

Before I knew the call, I actually saw somebody mid-ID it as a cuckoo and then
leave.  It took me a loooonnng time to track it down, but it was a Chipmunk. 
I've seen them doing this call several times since, and I've heard the call
many times.

One good indicator is that if you can determine that the note is coming from
ground level, it's probably not a cuckoo.


-PAG

Paul A. Guris
See Life Paulagics
P.O. Box 161
Green Lane, PA 18054
www.paulagics.com
215-234-6805




> Date:    Tue, 3 May 2005 13:25:47 -0400
> From:    Denise Ryan <>
> Subject: Cuckoo sounds
>
> I thought I heard what sounded like the beginning notes of a Yellow =
> Billed Cuckoo, but without the trailing descending notes that normally =
> follow.  This was in typical wooded Cuckoo type habitat, so I was trying =
> to figure out what else could be making those noises.  Are there any =
> frogs or other birds that make a similar sound? =20
>
> Denise Ryan
> Cheverly, MD