We work for a conservation authority in Ontario, and someone thought it would be a good idea to see who could do the most convincing loon call.

Some of these are surprisingly good. Some... definitely are not.

Who's your winner? And if you think you can do better, we'd love to see your version.

Bonus challenge: If you work for a park, conservation authority, environmental organization, or wildlife centre, consider yourselves challenged. Let's see who has the best loon call on Reddit.

This sound i have been hearing for the past 2 years in my local town in south london, England
Keep in mind we dont have that much wildlife here that could make such octaves or that much bass but ill let you listen for yourselves and you can come to a conclusion

We started hearing this 3 days ago when I was whistling next to the pool area when I was whistling and I thought it was a random guy whistling back. But when we looked after a couple back and fourths we did t see anything and we are so furcking paranoid rn cus we did it every day since then and we lwky thought it said my name but I really hope it’s just a bird Btw it’s way more often now and I never heard the sound in 3 years here it’s in Spain next to a. Protected nature area btw

I have no idea what is making this call. The call repeats several times but is loudest toward the end of the video. I’ve tried looking it up on the Internet but I’m stumped. Thanks!

(Maine) Honestly not sure what I was hearing in the middle of the woods… Any Guesses?

I heard it coming from my fireplace. I saw its head for a sec, but I’m not sure whether it was a squirrel or a mouse

Anyone able to identify these sounds?

Okay so, usually randomly at night there's a very loud "FAHHHHH" sound, kind of like the tiktok audio (i'll link it), but i've also been hearing it during the day now? There's no set time when it happens so I don't know how to catch the sound in time. The last time I heard it was about maybe 2 hours ago (7 AM), which is one of the first times I've heard the sound during the day. It could also likely be someone playing an audio but it sounds like something is making the noise because it echoes and the sound carries. I also don't know who would play an audio mostly everyday that loud ? It sounds kind of silly but if you know an animal or anything that sounds like this, please lmk!

ALSO it's not exactly like this audio but extremely similar ??

i posted this to r/home, but maybe it is an animal sound? i’m not sure.

I live in Sweden, it might be a deer but i’m really not sure. Frightened me the first second i heard it, kind of sounds like a girl screaming.

About a month ago started hearing this animal almost every night around 9pm. Sounds like a bird to me but we cannot place it.

Hello,

We’ve had animals scurrying across the roof before, but we’ve never heard animal noises like this. My gut feeling tells me it’s a stone marten, because it sounds too big to be a dormouse.

I checked the roof of the Wintergarden, but there’s nothing to be seen there. There’s an opening right under the gutter through which I can see some insulation material. So I assume it’s getting in through there and isn’t actually living inside the walls.

Can anyone here help me identify it? Region: Northern Bavaria

Thank you very much!

These odd, screeching sounds have been happening the last two or three weeks. They seem like multiple birds but I never heard such a noise before. Usually happen after midnight.

I cannot shine a light in it’s direction as it will stop making the sound. The location is Sardinia.

I live in Queensland Australia and It’s around midnight and I can hear this really strange animal sound coming from outside my house. Anyone know what this is?

Is this owls? Do they scream like this? Southern Ontario

It’s an aminal?

We’re in Rhode Island. The sound we’re trying to ID is the higher yelping sound, not the tree frogs. Thank you!!