[Tweeters] Raven making odd clicking call

[Nigel Ball]

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:


>

> ​Dear Tweeters,

>

> Today, the fifth of March, a Common Raven was flying around the fields by

> the parking area at the Samish West Ninety. The Raven was making a call

> that I don't remember ever hearing before. It was a sort of clicking call.

> At first, I thought I'd found "something good," but was surprised when the

> Raven flew by me, then circled a few times, making this odd call. I

> transcribed it as "Chickita-chickita-chickatik." Each utterance lasted

> about a second and a half.

>

> I took a look at the recordings on Xenocanto, but for some reason, my

> computer decided that I won't be listening to any recordings, so I decided

> not to deal with that particular tech nightmare. and left it at that!

>

> Are any Tweeters familiar with such a clicking call of Common Ravens?

>

> Yours truly,

>

> Gary Bletsch

>

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