okay...I have the windows open -- just heard some horrible screeches

[libnnc]

like some sort of fuzzy animal was being ripped apart by a winged creature :scared:


Wasn't cats caterwauling...it was something else. Lasted for almost 10 minutes.

Owl hunting rabbit perhaps?

:scared:

[Hobarticus]

1. Ten minutes?

An owl would have something finished off faster than that. Maybe a cat, that carried something off?

The screech of prey is a sound that once you hear it, you'll never forget it. Eeek.

[libnnc]

2. maybe not a full 10 minutes but it was over 5 for sure

it just kept on and on

poor thing...whatever it was.

[Hobarticus]

5. Wonder if a little one

got separated, and starting calling for mom?

It's baby bunny time, here. I've got at least three broods in either my yard or my neighbor's. My neighborhood's turned into a den of sin.

Amazing how quickly they quit the nest. Poor bunnies. I read once that they have an average life span of six months, tops.

[libnnc]

7. I don't know this was really loud

and blood curdling. It sounded really close to the house too. Our house is in a heavily wooded area of the neighborhood so there are all kinds of critters roaming around. Our dog has killed a few groundhogs in the past (unlucky things). There are two or three hawks that are regulars in the area too. Haven't heard any owls recently--we used to have one I'd hear almost every night.

[Blue Diadem]

3. Raccoons?

I used to hear them at my daughter's house..it really sounded awful.

[libnnc]

4. don't know that I've heard a racoon

we have ground hogs, rabbits and squirrels a-plenty in the neighborhood but I don't know that I've ever seen a raccoon

it was really high-pitched could have been opossums fighting perhaps

[Blue Diadem]

8. I know rabbits and raccoons can scream, not sure if ground hogs do. n/t

[Hobarticus]

6. The most eerie thing you'll ever hear

Is a bobcat. They sound just like a woman or child crying, out in the woods.

:scared:

[FloridaJudy]

9. Guy behind me used to keep peacocks

The first time I heard the mating cry, I called the police. I was sure someone was being brutally murdered. Fortunately, the cops laughed when they set me straight. Apparently, I wasn't the first to do that.

Some animals make the most godsawful noises when they're horny.

[Blue Diadem]

10. That can be an awful shrill sound.

My daughter's former MIL had one. He was hilarious with his mating rituals.

We stopped once along a river after hearing what we thought were cries for help. Turned out it was a peacock too.