Animal cry heard in woods

[Annalyse]

I’m putting the chickens away and all we hear in the woods sounds like a baby animal maybe. Like a cry at first we thought it was a bird but we don’t know anymore. It won’t pick up on the phone so we don’t have a recording. It’s like a “ Ah Ah ahhh” the spaces would be the cut offs in between the call. Sounds like a bird but it’s the only bird making a noise at night. In the morning we’re going to check and see if anything is still their. Right now we’re leaving it alone In case theirs a mama and it’s a bigger animal than a bird lol. Coyote? Bobcat?

 

[Annalyse]

Sounds like this except it’ll be two short crus and than one long one over and over. Could possibly be a baby bobcat. Will the mama come back for it?

 

[SilverBirds]

There are a lot of animals that make sounds at night and without a recording it's very hard to tell what it could be. Could be a frog, bird, fox, coyote, bobcat, or any number of animals. I'm not as knowledgeable with bobcats as I am chickens so I'm not very sure. Typically if a baby animal is making sounds it's in distress. They have to stay hidden and avoid attracting predators so making a lot of noise is dangerous.

 

[mowin]

Agree on the bobcat call. Yrs ago when walking through along a logging Rd to go hunting I heard a screaming that I thought was a woman being murdered. It was a bobcat. That spring I heard a similar sound, but wasn't sure until I seen a few cubs running around.
They were so cool to watch.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

I’m putting the chickens away and all we hear in the woods sounds like a baby animal maybe. Like a cry at first we thought it was a bird but we don’t know anymore. It won’t pick up on the phone so we don’t have a recording. It’s like a “ Ah Ah ahhh” the spaces would be the cut offs in between the call. Sounds like a bird but it’s the only bird making a noise at night. In the morning we’re going to check and see if anything is still their. Right now we’re leaving it alone In case theirs a mama and it’s a bigger animal than a bird lol. Coyote? Bobcat?

Possibly fox? You may consider putting a game cam out to watch around the coop.

 

[mowin]

Possibly fox? You may consider putting a game cam out to watch around the coop.

Not a fox. Seen many a fox being chased by a coyote. Fox was barking like a dog luring the yote farther away from her pups. Most of the yotes never stepped another step.

 

[McChooky]

I heard what sounded like a kitten wailing a couple months .The temperature was 10 below zero and there was snow on the ground but I couldn't see anything for the rhododendrons on the hill. It was dark too. When I searched and listened to audio online the closest thing I found to what I heard was a mountain lion.

 

[Annalyse]

Agree on the bobcat call. Yrs ago when walking through along a logging Rd to go hunting I heard a screaming that I thought was a woman being murdered. It was a bobcat. That spring I heard a similar sound, but wasn't sure until I seen a few cubs running around.
They were so cool to watch.

My brother apparently saw a cat near the same area during the day. He thought it was a bobcat so my guess is a cub. Hopefully it’s safe

 

[Annalyse]

Possibly fox? You may consider putting a game cam out to watch around the coop.

We do have a fox but it doesn’t bother the chickens and stays away for the most part. We have a rooster so his crow kind of scares them off I would think. The fox doesn’t really come by our house. She’s more by the lake getting food.

 

[Annalyse]

There are a lot of animals that make sounds at night and without a recording it's very hard to tell what it could be. Could be a frog, bird, fox, coyote, bobcat, or any number of animals. I'm not as knowledgeable with bobcats as I am chickens so I'm not very sure. Typically if a baby animal is making sounds it's in distress. They have to stay hidden and avoid attracting predators so making a lot of noise is dangerous.

Would the mama just leave the baby? Do you think the cub will still be their in the morning?