18: Learn spooky, creepy bird calls (and omens) for Halloween

Pack an extra pair of pants because we're playing scary bird calls for our Halloween episode! Play these creepy bird calls at your Halloween party or listen to them late at night when you can't sleep. (Don't worry, it's totally normal.)

In addition to learning scary bird calls, you'll hear real-life horror stories about zombies and blood-sucking vampires in the bird world. If that's not enough spooky stuff for you, we also reveal scary bird omens and legends from around the world. You won't look at ravens the same way ever again...and we've got a feeling you'll rid your house of any peacock feathers, too. Tune in to find out why!

BIRD SHIT WE DISCUSSED

USEFUL RESOURCES

• All bird calls in this episode are copyrighted recordings from The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The copyrights for all the bird calls belong to their respective owners, who graciously shared them with the Macaulay Library database; we do not own the recordings in this episode. Thank you! 
• Our source for the bird omens and legends.

BIRDS WE MENTION (in order)

• Common Loon
• Barn Owl
• Laughing Kookaburra
• Common Potoo
• Corn Crake
• Great Tit
• European Pied Flycatcher
• Vampire Ground-Finch
• Blue-footed Booby
• American Crow
• Sparrows
• Swallows
• Indian Peafowl
• European Stonechat
• Common Raven

BIRDS IN THE NEWS

• It’s old news, but here’s all about that rogue Corn Crake that showed up in New York (despite the fact that it’s supposed to only migrate between Europe and Africa)
• Here’s more info about that Great Tit vs. European Pied Flycatcher situation that’s occurring due to climate change

OTHER COOL SH*T

• Miyazaki’s Kodama forest spirits (not super scary but def super cool)