Iridescent feathers. Looked blue instead of black sometimes. Picking around this yard for food.
800 Hz hi-pass filter applied on sound file to reduce wind noise. Canon PowerShot SX620 HS built-in microphone.
Distinct bird call at approx. 6 seconds in the first video and at 6 and 10 seconds in the second video.
Just heard the call at the beginning of this recording. The first was ruined by my cat. Otherwise, everytime I stopped recording I would hear it again. Is it an owl?
No visual but I made a similar recording earlier at a different location nearby and identified that one in the Merlin app as a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker.
WIth Betsy Atteberry.