This is a small montage of game camera video clips that show cougars communicating with chirps and squeaks. Those might not be birds you're hearing in the forest!
I refer to the cougars in those videos as 'the family of four'. I believe they were a mother with her three kids. Cougar young stay with Mom for up to two years before leaving on their own. They frequented my place fairly often for about a year. After I caught them on video 'talking' to each other like this I heard them clearly very early one morning as I left for work in the pre-dawn darkness. They were quite close. They had learned when I left for work and my trail cameras showed them heading to my place at the right time of the morning to watch me leave on more than one occasion! It was spooky to know they were right there but of course you wouldn't see them.
Hi Nikkki. Yes! After I had discovered that they can make these noises I had stepped out of my motorhome at my usual time of 05:20 one morning to go to work. Winter. I heard these chirps right close and, as it was still dark, I knew there were cougars there watching me. I checked my game camera trapline later and discovered that they had traversed the property direct to my homestead that morning to watch me. They were curious and were stalking me.
Oh wow that makes sense! I don't think this part of WI could have big cats...but...something at wee hours sounds just like bird(s). I love living (basically) outdoors! ❤
When you are in big trouble, they make a sound I don't know a name for. All I can liken it with is glass pack mufflers on muscle cars. It's so powerful you can feel it vibrating through your truck door, and up through your seat. That's when they are pissed at you. And lions reason. They know exactly who they are mad at, and they hold a grudge. It's important to know, a female lion can have up to SEVEN kittens per litter. I believed it was only 2 or 3 per litter. So make sure when you find a new litter on your property, don't think they have to be Bob cats. It's so not healthy, words can't tell you. Also, lions are NOT nocturnal. Everyone knows that, but according to CA fish and wildlife, they are. They are not. Most all attacks occured during the day, except mine. Mine happened at 4 a.m.
I’ve actually heard that(lady screaming )within a stone’s throw BEHIND my tent where I couldn’t see, three times over about a two-three minute period. A serious kind of terror comes over you, especially when you realize you left your .357 in the back of the truck! I have never actually seen a mountain lion but I know; they’ve seen me.
Absolutely correct. After recording and watching these videos I have heard these very same noises as I left for work in the pre-dawn darkness on a couple of occasions. Plus my other cameras have shown the cougars to be headed in my direction just before the time I leave for work. Cats are curious and they will stalk you.
@@edy5082 Hi Edgar. I don't agree with the word "worried". If I was going to be worried I wouldn't live here like I do. You should always be aware of your surroundings in wild areas. Surprising an animal (especially bears) is a much bigger concern. In fact I lost a good friend just last week due to accidentally surprising a bear. That friend was the best, most informed wilderness person I've ever known. remembr.com/david.lertzman
I bottle raised two cougars many years ago and my male made the whistle sound quite often. This is the first video I’ve come across that catches their whistle.
It’s literally 9:32 and I am googling what animal whistles in the woods at night, and here I am. It must be a mother with cubs because I could hear them calling to each other. Or are there 2 mountain lions? Holy smokes. There is a creek about 50 yards from where I hard them.
That is about when it started at table rock state park in Missouri all the way up till morning just running from the marina to the other end of the campground and back hunting and growling outside people's tents it is none chilling to say the least and I'm by the marina so there is light so you get to see it sitting there a big silhouette growling.... I'm so ready to go home.
Wow! I'd never have guessed. I'd be looking up at the trees for the pretty birdie, while the Cougar Cat was stalking me from the ground! Very educational, thank you! Most amazing.
You are not the only one to make that comment. It is valuable information to be aware of. If you hear those type of chirps at night now you know they are probably not birds and also that there is more than one cougar. They don't talk to themselves. Cougars are big cats and are curious like most cats.
I have beautiful cougar mother and cubs on my property and didn't know they made bird sounds. From now on I'm removing the safety on my bear spray when I hear birds while I'm bicycling.
Female lions can have up to SEVEN kittens per litter. Make SURE you carry bear spray without fail. If you get around her kittens unwittingly, she will know it. Even if she's out hunting on her own when they are too small to go. A lion reasons. And they know exactly who they are mad at. It is imperative you stay away from the kittens. The kittens can get your scent on them too. In which case, a lion will premeditate your murder. And likely lie in wait for you and specifically who they are mad at. Prevention and detection are the best route. Lion proof your property so it's not attractive for a den. Such as my mistake of tarping my F150 to the ground. Skirt decks cut hedges, anywhere a lion can be out of the rain to eat. I'm not speaking off the cuff or citing any of it from research papers. I thought 7 kittens had to be bobcats under my F150. And it almost cost me my life. I decided to study them to get past my post debilitating terror. So I did. I couldn't force myself to get out of my vehicle for months. I slept a few hrs during the day at work. I sat up all night, so I made use of my time. But I fear nothing like I do the mother- CUJO. 6 months after, I learned to function again. Don't listen to your gut. React to your gut. If you see kittens or a lion pretend you don't and don't swing your arms or sing out loud like your shopping at Macy's. Seven kittens. It's my mission to make sure as many people learn this fact. So, please, pass it on. Ty for listening. Something positive has to come from it. I was singled out for a miracle. I owe it to 30 minutes of pleading to a higher power that I survived.
Wow! I’ve been hearing a strange bird calls at night when I’m getting my sheep in. I couldn’t identify the bird. I’ve seen a large cougar after my chickens the last few weeks. He’s has taken 10 hens and my turkey. I never put the two together. It’s not very comforting to realize there’s been a cougar within 25 feet of me at night.
I heard this while staying in a tent in my front yard tonight, I really tried to convince myself it was something else but it sounded exactly like this and I heard two of them coming from different directions, almost sandwiched between them. But the second I listened to this video I was so sure it was cougars and I called my mom and put her on speaker phone to help make some noise while I got ready to come inside and as soon as I started making noise they went silent, I think I just about had a heart attack. (Vancouver Island, BC)
There is an island in BC where they can get enormous, one of the bigger subjects species. The closer to the equator the smaller they get. They hold 2 world records, animal with the most names and the highest leaper of all animals. Most diverse vocalizations of all wild cats and have been misidentified as skin walkers in the SW. Amazing animal.
Hi. Thank you for commenting. I was very surprised myself to find these clips recording cougars making those sounds. It was primarily a family of four (Mom and three kids I suspect) that were feeding on a deer they took down. Cougar young stay with their mother for up to two years before going off on their own. These were all pretty large cougars so I suspect they were close to leaving their mother. It's possible that they only chirp like that when young and still with their mother but I'm not sure. Be sure to check my other wildlife videos. Thanks again.
bro.. thats scary as hell. i always go for bike rides and walks and stuff and I've heard that noise too many times too often i do live up in the hills so thats even scarier lol but now that i know what cougars sound like helps me out ALOT because I've always thought it was a bird or something...
I was out in the woods with my boyfriend at night, and we heard exactly these sounds. Had a feeling we should leave, so we did. He didn’t believe it was cougars sounds, but when we listened to this our jaws dropped.
I've heard that sound numerous times while deer hunting, I always wondered what kind of bird it was, now I know it was a mountain lion, never saw a lion while hunting though, course I wasn't looking for one. In this part of the country they were gone for years and only made a comeback in the last twenty years. But we had heard stories from old timers telling how they had seen them while hunting. Don't think I would ever shoot one unless absolutely necessary. Beautiful animal.
@Angela Bisceglia mankind has been killing animals for millions of years to survive, we wouldn't be here as a species if we didn't. I've never killed an animal just to hang it's head on the wall, rich people who do that to satisfy their own vanity are the ones who shouldn't be killing animals for the fun of it. I've never killed an animal that I didn't eat. I'm Native American, it's in my blood to kill something in order to survive if I don't have the money for food.
Woah. I’d decided to take the scary plunge & backpack for 1st time. I’ll be alone as a 60 yr old female. Got gear. Learned as much as I can. I never thought to "listen". I would’ve thought that was birds. Andddd..comments about blood curdling screams?! What? I can recognize poop, tracks & do 1st aid but damn!! THAT was not in my handbook!!
If you want to die, just go "hiking" in an urban area at night instead. Really, there is a video of some woman out in a tent looking up at a mountain lion in a tree that has been stalking her. She's a fool. Don't be one, too.
I'm only realizing now that I walked right up to a mountain lions den the other day. I thought the chirps were birds. I sat down there without a clue until I heard a sound behind me like raking leaves. I think mama was burying a deer. Got out of there quick. But she must have seen me sitting there for half an hour. I think they are accustomed to people in the area.
Fuckin hell it sounds like a sweet little bird. Now I'm going to be paranoid af walking through the park every morning. Only came here because there have been numerous Cougar sightings at Golden gate park
I've heard our domesticated cat's make a trilling noise, but nothing like the "chirping", nothing like these Cougars! Heard that noise in the deep woods in West Virginia, before!
Knowing they sound like birds totally freaks me out now. The times we’ve been wilderness camping and tried to figure out what kind of bird we were hearing but now I know it was a cougar. Ignorance can be bliss.
Oh wow. They're so beautiful and sound exactly like birds. Though I don't have anything to worry about since the only native land mammal in my country is the bat lol. I can't stop watching this video.
They wont communicate to you with those chirps, those are what they use to communicate with each other passively. They will most likely take to you aggressively and roar and growl.
Big Cats are in places you would never expect. I was sleeping outdoors in Montclair, NJ 2 years ago...this is a few miles from NYC. At 2am, I was awakened by all of nature going nuts (like warning each other a predator was there). Suddenly I heard a big cat roar. I have never been more scared in my life. New Jersey has mountain lions. Video is called "It wanted to eat me" if you want to hear that story. Wow. What an experience.
Very much so... Especially Important when not really another bird sound.. This is the sound they make when agitated and usually females.. I never read the article only lived in northern BC forever.. She was looking for her kittens.. Kinda funny... My Siberian house killer heard the sound and was very intrigued) 🌻
I think cheetahs chirp to each other to avoid drawing the attention of larger predators. E.g. lions, hyenas etc who don't normally bother with small prey like birds. not sure why cougars also would if that's the case
You may save some hikers / forest lovers life with this video - - I NEVER KNEW BIG CATS could SQUEEK and TWEET -- - I would have thought BIRD, CHIPMUNK, SQUIRREL - - I would never have even considered those sounds could be a Cougar. Very Helpful. Very Surprising. Very Important for Nature Lovers to Learn These Sounds. Thank you !
Last night heard a "chuffing" sound when I opened the tent zipper. Been hearing the bird chirps, it's been windy and moonlit past few nights..lots of mule deer around. Whatever it was last night hung around all night, dogs within a half mile were barking until before dawn, heard it climb? a tree nearby or it was clawing the tree like houscats do. I'm 99% percent sure it was a mountain lion or 2.
@@JustMe-mn4gr ever been strangled in the middle of the night by a demon camping alone in the deepest parts of a mountian forest?? I have, Bird is a metaphor...as it released me from its grasp, I seen it fly out of tent, I jumped out of tent with a flash light to see a deer just frozen 20 feet away with a dull stare then instantly it came to life & ran off, almost like demon used the deer as a vessel, I experience alot of f#@ked up sh!t like this, staying home won't help
This is super eerie. It reminds me of a skin walker-- an entity that can turn into anyone u know & sounds just like them 👀👀 I know leopards imitate a prey animal in distress to lure in actual prey.
I thought this was going to be their scream they do that would make you shit your pants if you heard it and were alone in the woods. Instead it was little bird chirps. Interesting.
Greetings from the BIG SKY. Most interesting. I met one of those critters on Fort Peck Reservoir right at dark while I was crawling up on a 4 point muley. about 5 feet from me on the other side of a big sandstone rock. That was a meeting I wouldn't recommend coming to unarmed. I had my .54 Hawkin and my .45 Walker Colt and my knife and I felt vulnerable.
Idk about y’all but they’ve always sounded desperate to me. Nothing more haunting than hearing at 2am “Hey baby, that’s last call and you’re looking fine. Let’s go back to my place so I can make a man outta ya. Waddayasay?!?”
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Well that’s comforting. I was camping last night and heard a strange bird call...... now I know it was a cougar
I refer to the cougars in those videos as 'the family of four'. I believe they were a mother with her three kids. Cougar young stay with Mom for up to two years before leaving on their own. They frequented my place fairly often for about a year. After I caught them on video 'talking' to each other like this I heard them clearly very early one morning as I left for work in the pre-dawn darkness. They were quite close. They had learned when I left for work and my trail cameras showed them heading to my place at the right time of the morning to watch me leave on more than one occasion! It was spooky to know they were right there but of course you wouldn't see them.
I’m pretty sure we just heard one in our back yard
If you hear off bird calls nearby, your best defense is to chirp back
@@blazingtrailsblogvideos1463 Thank you, you reassured me - I thought this kitten was lost and is calling for mom.
@@thegirlwithwolves7555 why I just wanna know why because thats interesting :0
Friendly reminder that birds don't chirp at 2am 🫡
Hi Nikkki. Yes! After I had discovered that they can make these noises I had stepped out of my motorhome at my usual time of 05:20 one morning to go to work. Winter. I heard these chirps right close and, as it was still dark, I knew there were cougars there watching me. I checked my game camera trapline later and discovered that they had traversed the property direct to my homestead that morning to watch me. They were curious and were stalking me.
@Blazing Trails Blog Videos wholy cow! That's crazy. Glad they were just being curious
Birds specifically start at 3am 😂🤣
@@SleepySloth2705 more like 4am but yes
Oh wow that makes sense!
I don't think this part of WI could have big cats...but...something at wee hours sounds just like bird(s).
I love living (basically) outdoors!
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Besides the chirps they can scream with a blood curdling scream that will set your hair on end. They can also meow just like a house cat.
Yea and it’s eerie when your deep in the woods coming back from a ladder stand at night.
Bobcats and Lynx. Way gnarlier than mtn lions.
I think that’s what I’ve been hearing near my house that scares me inside. Because it doesn’t sound normal.
When you are in big trouble, they make a sound I don't know a name for. All I can liken it with is glass pack mufflers on muscle cars. It's so powerful you can feel it vibrating through your truck door, and up through your seat. That's when they are pissed at you. And lions reason. They know exactly who they are mad at, and they hold a grudge. It's important to know, a female lion can have up to SEVEN kittens per litter. I believed it was only 2 or 3 per litter. So make sure when you find a new litter on your property, don't think they have to be Bob cats. It's so not healthy, words can't tell you. Also, lions are NOT nocturnal. Everyone knows that, but according to CA fish and wildlife, they are. They are not. Most all attacks occured during the day, except mine. Mine happened at 4 a.m.
it's cute until it's in the middle of the night, you're camping in the middle of nowhere and hear an old lady screaming her lungs out a mile away.
We'll be grateful he didn't attack thank god
I’ve actually heard that(lady screaming )within a stone’s throw BEHIND my tent where I couldn’t see, three times over about a two-three minute period. A serious kind of terror comes over you, especially when you realize you left your .357 in the back of the truck!
I have never actually seen a mountain lion but I know; they’ve seen me.
She's got smokers cough. That's all it is.
I am looking for a video with that scream. I have heard it out side my bedroom window twice !
Screaming could be a fisher
When you hear the birds chirping in the middle of the night but realize it’s the middle of the night…
If I hear that in the woods, I might puma pants.
HaHaHa! Good one!
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So the birds I hear at night, might not be birds after all.....now this has me thinking.
Absolutely correct. After recording and watching these videos I have heard these very same noises as I left for work in the pre-dawn darkness on a couple of occasions. Plus my other cameras have shown the cougars to be headed in my direction just before the time I leave for work. Cats are curious and they will stalk you.
@@blazingtrailsblogvideos1463 from your experience would you say these big cats are anything to be worried about?
@@edy5082 Hi Edgar. I don't agree with the word "worried". If I was going to be worried I wouldn't live here like I do. You should always be aware of your surroundings in wild areas. Surprising an animal (especially bears) is a much bigger concern. In fact I lost a good friend just last week due to accidentally surprising a bear. That friend was the best, most informed wilderness person I've ever known. remembr.com/david.lertzman
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RIP David, that is so tragic 💔 😞 Condolences 🕯️🕯️🌟
How can an animal that big sound so adorable 😩
wait until you hear messi quack, i mean meow lol ruclips.net/video/G8ezqzIR3Wk/видео.html
Oh, maybe this is the reason why messi quacks now that he is grown up, Messi chirps when he was young, maybe
Its fr**king terrifying when you know whats making the sound though.
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It’s like their speaking in code, disguised as bird calls. This is completely FASCINATING.
I bottle raised two cougars many years ago and my male made the whistle sound quite often. This is the first video I’ve come across that catches their whistle.
I hear that chirping sound most nights lately around 9:30. I thought it was odd that a bird was out being noisy at night!
It’s literally 9:32 and I am googling what animal whistles in the woods at night, and here I am. It must be a mother with cubs because I could hear them calling to each other. Or are there 2 mountain lions? Holy smokes. There is a creek about 50 yards from where I hard them.
That is about when it started at table rock state park in Missouri all the way up till morning just running from the marina to the other end of the campground and back hunting and growling outside people's tents it is none chilling to say the least and I'm by the marina so there is light so you get to see it sitting there a big silhouette growling.... I'm so ready to go home.
Oh snap...I often hear "bird calls" at night and I live a block away from a mountain lion habitat.
Thankfully I've never encountered one up close!
Wow! I'd never have guessed. I'd be looking up at the trees for the pretty birdie, while the Cougar Cat was stalking me from the ground! Very educational, thank you! Most amazing.
possible also that it WAS watching you from a tree
@@HolySwordsman1 well that just made it even worse...
They can sound like a bird & even sit on tree branches chirping....
Great now I'm afraid of songbirds. Thanks youtuber
You are not the only one to make that comment. It is valuable information to be aware of. If you hear those type of chirps at night now you know they are probably not birds and also that there is more than one cougar. They don't talk to themselves. Cougars are big cats and are curious like most cats.
I have beautiful cougar mother and cubs on my property and didn't know they made bird sounds. From now on I'm removing the safety on my bear spray when I hear birds while I'm bicycling.
Female lions can have up to SEVEN kittens per litter. Make SURE you carry bear spray without fail. If you get around her kittens unwittingly, she will know it. Even if she's out hunting on her own when they are too small to go. A lion reasons. And they know exactly who they are mad at. It is imperative you stay away from the kittens. The kittens can get your scent on them too. In which case, a lion will premeditate your murder. And likely lie in wait for you and specifically who they are mad at. Prevention and detection are the best route. Lion proof your property so it's not attractive for a den. Such as my mistake of tarping my F150 to the ground. Skirt decks cut hedges, anywhere a lion can be out of the rain to eat. I'm not speaking off the cuff or citing any of it from research papers. I thought 7 kittens had to be bobcats under my F150. And it almost cost me my life. I decided to study them to get past my post debilitating terror. So I did. I couldn't force myself to get out of my vehicle for months. I slept a few hrs during the day at work. I sat up all night, so I made use of my time. But I fear nothing like I do the mother- CUJO. 6 months after, I learned to function again. Don't listen to your gut. React to your gut. If you see kittens or a lion pretend you don't and don't swing your arms or sing out loud like your shopping at Macy's. Seven kittens. It's my mission to make sure as many people learn this fact. So, please, pass it on. Ty for listening. Something positive has to come from it. I was singled out for a miracle. I owe it to 30 minutes of pleading to a higher power that I survived.
That bear spray won't do shit. Please don't keep a false sense of protection. You need an LGD, a gun or both preferably.
Hearing this outside my window last night so I’m sure I’ll sleep great tonight
Wow! I’ve been hearing a strange bird calls at night when I’m getting my sheep in. I couldn’t identify the bird. I’ve seen a large cougar after my chickens the last few weeks. He’s has taken 10 hens and my turkey. I never put the two together. It’s not very comforting to realize there’s been a cougar within 25 feet of me at night.
Do you think setting up one of those bear-fences would keep the cougar away?
Why would you allow so many chickens and a turkey to get killed?
@@beepsarieaniIweewhat? Shut up dude. You have no idea what you are talking about. Shit happens whether you’re on a farm or in the hood.
I heard this while staying in a tent in my front yard tonight, I really tried to convince myself it was something else but it sounded exactly like this and I heard two of them coming from different directions, almost sandwiched between them. But the second I listened to this video I was so sure it was cougars and I called my mom and put her on speaker phone to help make some noise while I got ready to come inside and as soon as I started making noise they went silent, I think I just about had a heart attack. (Vancouver Island, BC)
There is an island in BC where they can get enormous, one of the bigger subjects species. The closer to the equator the smaller they get. They hold 2 world records, animal with the most names and the highest leaper of all animals. Most diverse vocalizations of all wild cats and have been misidentified as skin walkers in the SW. Amazing animal.
When in danger, we always reach for our mothers first.
Can't believe Cougar chirp like Cheetah.
Hi. Thank you for commenting. I was very surprised myself to find these clips recording cougars making those sounds. It was primarily a family of four (Mom and three kids I suspect) that were feeding on a deer they took down. Cougar young stay with their mother for up to two years before going off on their own. These were all pretty large cougars so I suspect they were close to leaving their mother. It's possible that they only chirp like that when young and still with their mother but I'm not sure. Be sure to check my other wildlife videos. Thanks again.
if you’re here from that one tiktok you’ll be surprised
Makes sense cougars and cheetahs are closely related
bro.. thats scary as hell. i always go for bike rides and walks and stuff and I've heard that noise too many times too often i do live up in the hills so thats even scarier lol but now that i know what cougars sound like helps me out ALOT because I've always thought it was a bird or something...
I was out in the woods with my boyfriend at night, and we heard exactly these sounds. Had a feeling we should leave, so we did. He didn’t believe it was cougars sounds, but when we listened to this our jaws dropped.
Never knew they sound like a bird. That's interesting.
Well, I’m glad I know that they make a chirping sound like a bird now. But it also freaks me the crap out. In the end, the more you know the better.
If you hear bird chirping sound at night time, don't think it's a bird, son.
I heard a bird at night a few weeks ago! I wondered what kind of bird was awake at night! Glad I didn't explore.
Hahaha, I'm glad you didn't Too! 😀
I've heard that sound numerous times while deer hunting, I always wondered what kind of bird it was, now I know it was a mountain lion, never saw a lion while hunting though, course I wasn't looking for one. In this part of the country they were gone for years and only made a comeback in the last twenty years. But we had heard stories from old timers telling how they had seen them while hunting. Don't think I would ever shoot one unless absolutely necessary. Beautiful animal.
@Angela Bisceglia mankind has been killing animals for millions of years to survive, we wouldn't be here as a species if we didn't. I've never killed an animal just to hang it's head on the wall, rich people who do that to satisfy their own vanity are the ones who shouldn't be killing animals for the fun of it. I've never killed an animal that I didn't eat. I'm Native American, it's in my blood to kill something in order to survive if I don't have the money for food.
@@angelabisceglia6079 sensitive much?
Imagine hearing a cougar making a bird sound and mistaking it for a bird only for it to be the opposite
interesting.....heard these sounds before..."oh what kind of bird is that?" haaaaahaaaa. Thanks for sharing
little squeaky meow and then!!! that trill!!!!!! imagine being allowed to hug a big cat as it makes that noise i would pass away
Wow I didn’t know cougars made that chirp sound like a bird call, who knew, what are the odds of that
Very similar to the sounds a jaguarundi makes , the chirps . Siamese often do this too..
😂 what in the heck? BIRD SOUNDS! Sneaky kitty❗️
That second sound - the exhalation - sounds very much like a sound an elephant makes.
Uuff, I feel good now. Last time I couldn’t find the little bird calling for help.
For the most part they see you, you don't see them so it is good to know as many calls as possible
Woah. I’d decided to take the scary plunge & backpack for 1st time. I’ll be alone as a 60 yr old female. Got gear. Learned as much as I can. I never thought to "listen". I would’ve thought that was birds. Andddd..comments about blood curdling screams?! What? I can recognize poop, tracks & do 1st aid but damn!! THAT was not in my handbook!!
Yes. A cougar sounds like a woman screaming too.
If you want to die, just go "hiking" in an urban area at night instead. Really, there is a video of some woman out in a tent looking up at a mountain lion in a tree that has been stalking her. She's a fool. Don't be one, too.
I'm only realizing now that I walked right up to a mountain lions den the other day. I thought the chirps were birds. I sat down there without a clue until I heard a sound behind me like raking leaves. I think mama was burying a deer. Got out of there quick. But she must have seen me sitting there for half an hour. I think they are accustomed to people in the area.
That last one, I just heard outside my bathroom window. Thought it was a cougar but needed to double checkm
Fuckin hell it sounds like a sweet little bird. Now I'm going to be paranoid af walking through the park every morning. Only came here because there have been numerous Cougar sightings at Golden gate park
Hahaha, Now you Know! 😀
Had a portable one in 1968. Johnny Walker. I sat up game cal where kids went parking. Oh what fun.
What beautiful creatures 🥰
I've heard our domesticated cat's make a trilling noise, but nothing like the "chirping", nothing like these Cougars! Heard that noise in the deep woods in West Virginia, before!
Everyone Gangsta Till You Hear This At Night Outside Your Tent
Everyone's like: they can't make more than one noise. That's illegal
Thanks, for the video! I didn't know that a cougar sounds like that, but I'm glad I know now... Meow!
had no frikken' idea they made that chirping sound...loud & amazing!
no way... no way! i've heard these while hiking, and camping, and living in the forest! how scary, i'm glad i know this now!!!
Knowing they sound like birds totally freaks me out now. The times we’ve been wilderness camping and tried to figure out what kind of bird we were hearing but now I know it was a cougar. Ignorance can be bliss.
Oh wow. They're so beautiful and sound exactly like birds. Though I don't have anything to worry about since the only native land mammal in my country is the bat lol. I can't stop watching this video.
Where do you live??
@@transformingshadows5896 New Zealand
@@yaho5785 Hahaha! 😀
I had no idea they made sounds like this.
Wow i was expecting something more intimidating, but I guess not. That sounds like a bird chirp to be honest.
They wont communicate to you with those chirps, those are what they use to communicate with each other passively. They will most likely take to you aggressively and roar and growl.
Just like cougars in their native environment: the local bar
Ok, go listen to "cougar screaming" and see if that intimidates you, lol
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That's terrifying, actually. Imagine two of them stalking you and chirping to each other. You'd have no idea
OK, I didn't realized they sounded like that. Now I know what I'm hearing. The bobcats in my area sound like a lady screaming bloody murder.
My God that's terrifying. Walking along I hear a bird chirp behind me. Oh, I'm not afraid of a little bird...
Well it's good to know when I'm out in the woods and hear a bird chirping, it could actually be a cougar. 😳
Big Cats are in places you would never expect. I was sleeping outdoors in Montclair, NJ 2 years ago...this is a few miles from NYC. At 2am, I was awakened by all of nature going nuts (like warning each other a predator was there). Suddenly I heard a big cat roar. I have never been more scared in my life. New Jersey has mountain lions. Video is called "It wanted to eat me" if you want to hear that story. Wow. What an experience.
Mountain lions don't roar?
would have watched it if it weren’t for the stupid conservative videos lol
@@NovaNova11. I am a lifelong liberal. If you consider me conservative, Mao is your hero
Are you sure it was a big cat you heard roaring? 😬
Oh no no honey! Yeah I'm gonna have to start looking outside when I hear these sounds.
That would be actually kinda cute…if it wasn’t so pants pissingly terrifying
I live in the woods and hear birds chirping in field at night maybe their cougars
Very much so... Especially Important when not really another bird sound.. This is the sound they make when agitated and usually females.. I never read the article only lived in northern BC forever.. She was looking for her kittens.. Kinda funny... My Siberian house killer heard the sound and was very intrigued) 🌻
I wonder if the chirping is an evolutionary mechanism to trap songbirds
Whoa! Maybe!!
The cougar's relative cheetahs do it as well to call their babies
I think cheetahs chirp to each other to avoid drawing the attention of larger predators. E.g. lions, hyenas etc who don't normally bother with small prey like birds. not sure why cougars also would if that's the case
@@rfmerrill I've heard young Cheetah's chirping like that, to locate Mom! 😀
Sounded like a bird, I had no clue that Cougars sound like that!
Okay, but that's actually cute.
Please tell me I did not just hear a sound very similar to this outside my window!!??
Heeeey! ONLY CHEETAHS CAN CHIRP! Cougar stole the sound!!!!!
Hahaha, no, they're on different continents! 😀
The two are closely related.
How amazing - I would definitely think that was a bird I was hearing!
I downloaded this for reference when I'm out in the woods 👀. Thank you so much 🤗
Love these big cats
magnificent creatures .. nature is truly awe inspiring
You may save some hikers / forest lovers life with this video - - I NEVER KNEW BIG CATS could SQUEEK and TWEET -- - I would have thought BIRD, CHIPMUNK, SQUIRREL - - I would never have even considered those sounds could be a Cougar. Very Helpful. Very Surprising. Very Important for Nature Lovers to Learn These Sounds. Thank you !
I hear this all the time! I live in a dense forest. Amazing video!
Sounds like a bird! Thank you for informing me!
This video has been incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for posting this!
Last night heard a "chuffing" sound when I opened the tent zipper.
Been hearing the bird chirps, it's been windy and moonlit past few nights..lots of mule deer around. Whatever it was last night hung around all night, dogs within a half mile were barking until before dawn, heard it climb? a tree nearby or it was clawing the tree like houscats do.
I'm 99% percent sure it was a mountain lion or 2.
Now every time I'm woken up by a bird noise at night camping in mountains im jumping out my damn tent & blasting 12 gauge in every direction
How about you just stay home?
@@JustMe-mn4gr ever been strangled in the middle of the night by a demon camping alone in the deepest parts of a mountian forest?? I have, Bird is a metaphor...as it released me from its grasp, I seen it fly out of tent, I jumped out of tent with a flash light to see a deer just frozen 20 feet away with a dull stare then instantly it came to life & ran off, almost like demon used the deer as a vessel, I experience alot of f#@ked up sh!t like this, staying home won't help
Cougars sounds like a screaming woman in distress. It’s chilling!
Had no idea they sounded like a bird.
I HEARD ONE IN TORRANCE ON THE HARDY LAKE TRAIL ME AND MY FRIENDS TRIED FOLLOWING THE NOISE
To birds, this is the equivalent of that bear from Anhilation that could mimic human cries lol
This is super eerie. It reminds me of a skin walker-- an entity that can turn into anyone u know & sounds just like them 👀👀 I know leopards imitate a prey animal in distress to lure in actual prey.
Did you know mockingbirds can mimic hundreds of sounds, even machinery
I thought this was going to be their scream they do that would make you shit your pants if you heard it and were alone in the woods. Instead it was little bird chirps. Interesting.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful nature with us 😊❤
Pretty sure I just heard one! Thanks!
WOW. Very Cheetah like sounds...
Wow I was in the Carolina's a while back saw one very huge one but heard this alot didn't think it was a mountain lion 🦁
Such a beauty! 🧡🧡
I love when they put it is so calming
Greetings from the BIG SKY. Most interesting. I met one of those critters on Fort Peck Reservoir right at dark while I was crawling up on a 4 point muley. about 5 feet from me on the other side of a big sandstone rock. That was a meeting I wouldn't recommend coming to unarmed. I had my .54 Hawkin and my .45 Walker Colt and my knife and I felt vulnerable.
I would of thought that was a bird, next minute I got a mountain lion backpack.
The first time I heard a cougar, it sounded like a woman being murdered. It was quite scary.
Nice, mountain lions chirp.😂
AMAZING 😮
I tried to use this as education for Cat Calling the ladies.
Update: still single af, but now I'm not allowed back into my local Safeway.
Omg I heard one in my yard this early morning while in the tent and for some reason the cougars look cute like my cat 🥲
Geez, I had no idea cougars could make noises like birds.
Idk about y’all but they’ve always sounded desperate to me. Nothing more haunting than hearing at 2am “Hey baby, that’s last call and you’re looking fine. Let’s go back to my place so I can make a man outta ya. Waddayasay?!?”
It sounds almost exactly like an Evening Grosbeak call!
Lol she sounds like a bird! 😂
beautiful. can not even imagine how come buttheads hunt them
plot twist: it was never a cougar but a skinwalker disguised as one.
Why do the cutest ones have to be the most murderous ones?