Birds that sound like deer snorting and blowing

[PastorIke]

Does anyone know what kind of bird sounds like deer blowing at you? I know it is a bird cause I pinpointed one with my binoculars last night...it was upwind of me and then it flew to my left...just wondering, cause they are annoying!!!

[mikemorvan]

I'm watching this. I don't know what they are, but they make me crazy.

[Grndchecker]

I am thinking they are owls. Reminds me of the one on the movie "My Cousin Vinny".

[PastorIke]

These are small birds...didn't look like owls...smaller than a robin but bigger than a finch

[Bonesplitter]

Probably a brown thrasher. Those bird's can make a wide array of vocalizations.

[Froggy]

Wood thrush???? They seem to be one of the first birds to stir in the morning.

[Bonesplitter]

Wood thrush???? They seem to be one of the first birds to stir in the morning.

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This would be my 2nd guess as well.

[PastorIke]

I think that's it froggy...annoying little buggers!!!

[manwitaplan]

This thread is so funny! I had a big 8 last year come in and round up 3 does and run them about 40 yards from me. They went into the woods where it was real thick and i could not see them. Then it sounded like they were blowing at me. I was confused. Then 10 minutes later it sounded like they were still there blowing at me. LOL

Glad you brought this up becuase my friends thought I was crazy!

Manwitaplan

[Txpepper]

I know a road runner can make a sound that mimics a buck grunting. I've seen it.

[Deers & Beers]

Wood Thrush are very rare this time of year. We usually only get them during Spring migration, and even then they aren't very common.

Thrashers sound like a mockingbird (they're in the same family). They repeat a note a 2-3times, then switch and repeat a few times, etc. Thrashers can make ALOT OF NOISE though when they're turning over leaves and "thrashing" around. I swear I heard a hurd of buffalo coming through the forest once and it was a thrasher.

I can't think of any bird off the top of my head that makes snorting/nasal sounds, especially smaller ones. You have me stumped!

[Swooshski]

Probably a brown thrasher. Those bird's can make a wide array of vocalizations.

This.

[medic151]

I know a road runner can make a sound that mimics a buck grunting. I've seen it.

Just saw that this year. Was sitting in camp by myself drinking coffee and heard what I thought was a grunt. Big roadrunner climed a dead tree in camp and started preening and doing that chatter/grunt. Didn't have the camera that trip but it was cool to watch.

Haven't heard the other bird that I know of but I do know we have Thrushes at our place in Paris.

[GR5]

I've heard the road runner also

[Patton]

I know exactly the noise you are thinking of and I think it is a thrasher. Sounds like a deer blowing at you, but slightly different