Need Help Identifying a Birdcall (Sierra Nevadas)

handyman_hank

I went on a weeklong backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevadas and in the third or fourth night while we were camping next to the Kern River we heard this odd noise. At around 5-10 PM we would here an exchange between two birds, one of them made a squawky noise and another would respond with a call that sounds like someone dragging a metal bowl across a rock. We would hear this strange noise throughout the night but it would stop in the morning. We...

Originally asked by Jatearoon Keene Boondicharern on Stack Exchange (outdoors) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I know this is a stale question, but in my experience nighthalks are really only active just before and after nightfall and aren't very "nocturnal", kinda like bats. Owls, though, make all kinds of noises and hunt in pairs often enough that it sounds like a tactic. One "barks" and the other catches the prey sent its way and calls back, "got one, good job", or "do it again".

Full answer by Elmo: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/27958 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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