who's knocking?

by Maureen
( Eastern Shore, VA)

There are some birds that make a deep, guttural, knocking sound, one calls, the other responds. We live in wet woodlands area, rural. We haven't seen them, but the sounds weren't present over winter, so assume they are birds.

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Apr 09, 2015
 who's knocking?
by: Brook

Hi Maureen, woodpeckers knock into trees, poles or any other object they like the sound of and another one may answer back. Are you certain they aren't woodpeckers?

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