r/AnimalSounds • u/kiinggiinger • 1d ago

Barking Need Help with ID

We live in the woods of rural Virginia and heard this call/bark multiple times last night and couldn't figure out what it was. Any help appreciated

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u/Loafagus 1d ago

Coyote or fox?

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u/Blowingleaves17 1d ago

Sounds like a small dog. Foxes, though, can make all types of barking sounds. The ones here, though, always have a higher pitched bark. We have no coyotes. Is that possibly a wild turkey, though?

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u/Obvious_Original_28 1d ago

I was thinking turkey or something similar but it’s dark… so unless it’s a turkey/chicken that flew away to escape a night predator and now it’s lost, it wouldn’t be making noise.

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u/Alternative-Bell1722 21h ago

Someone’s lost chihuahua… lol…I mean it kinda sounds like a turkey, but honestly I think it’s a coyote or a fox. They can make all kinds of crazy sounds that you wouldn’t think they could, but they do.

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u/Face_Vivid 13h ago

It sound like a screech owl