Image description: A brown and white kookaburra sitting on a wooden hand rail with a piece of meat in its beak

  • MataVatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I was in camping in Florida three days ago and I swear I heard one of this birds. I heard a loud monkey noise relatively close to me. I know they aren’t native to the area but what else sounds like a monkey like that.

    • AdaOPAEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve never heard a kookaburra described as sounding like a monkey before, but now that you say it, yeah, I can see it…

      Maybe you have birds that have escaped captivity in your area?

      • shadow@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Every time at the zoo I have the thought “what the hell kind of monkey is that!?” Every time, kookaburra.

        • spamfajitas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Fun fact I learned recently, another name for the kookaburra is a laughing jackass! I guess someone didn’t like the sound.

      • MataVatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I looked it up and it was likely a barred owl. I definitely heard a barred owl that night, did not know they also make monkey calls.