Bird sounds like a cow elk

[tenrag]

I have noticed a bird call that sounds very similiar to the eeeooo sound of a cow elk mew. Does anyone know the species of bird? It is a bird call i hear frequently in the timber and in town (invermere).

[hunter fisher]

too funny you posted this thread, i was in the tree stand last week and could have sworn there was a herd of cows surrounding me in the timber! until i eventually realized they were infact just birds

[rogerb]

probably a flicker (type of woodpecker) though canada jays can also mimic cow elk calls perfectly if they're in the mood for a little fun at a hunters expense....

[Mauser98]

We call them elk birds.

[mikeboehm]

But if u listen they make the noise. ooooeeee. While elk go eeeeoooo

[everythingwild]

same happened to me last weekend i was cow calling and at first i thought i was getting a response from another elk..............it was a bird, thought i was losing my mind

[Buckmeister]

Ha, I put a stock on the "herd" of elk I thought I was getting close to once. Dang birds.

[adamgarbett]

Not to try and Jack the thread but it goes the same with the snapping of trees on a cold morning as the sun comes up gets my heart going every time lol

[Remmy]

Pileated Woodpecker, just google to hear the sound.

[JDR]

Pileated Woodpecker, just google to hear the sound.

More likely a Northern Flicker.

Northern Flicker sound:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker/sounds
(click on third sound from top)

Pileated Woodpecker sound:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/sounds
(none sound like cow elk to me)

[uraarchr]

Sounds like the Northern Flikker.

[billjc33]

Its the flicker. I did some research on them because hearing them mew all day was driving me crazy

[Black Lab]

Crows and ravens can make a lot of different calls.

[Spy]

The infamous cow elk bird. But once you have heard a elk there is no mistaken them.

[Sofa King]

Not to try and Jack the thread but it goes the same with the snapping of trees on a cold morning as the sun comes up gets my heart going every time lol

amen.
I stalked a moose in the trees the other year.
I could hear him snapping branches, etc.
you could tell this was something large, what else could be in there?
so quietly I make my way through a stretch of trees before finally seeing a swampy little area open ahead.
even more slowly and quietly I creep forward, excited as hell that I'm nearing a moose.
now just to catch sight an see if it's the elusive...............I-m-m-y.
then I catch sight of the big, stupid, bull damn cow rooting around in the grass.

[greybark]

I always blamed the Clark`s Nuthatch , but never able to prove it . Northern Flicker is right to me ...
Cheers