That's hilarious, I didn't know they made those types of noises. I've one giant grey living on my property amongst the many reds and a chipmunk or two. I'm going to pay more attention t the sounds he makes now.
I’m watching one of my squirrels in a tree 35 feel from me & he’s been squawking & shaking his tail. I played this video and he stopped, listened & chilled out 👍🏼
The screeching sound that a squirrel uses is a way of threatening any intruders to leave the area. Another type of sound made by a squirrel is the alarm call, also known as a warning call. Hope this helps
The gray squirrel in my backyard does this in the morning as a way to say HEY WHERES MY BIRD SEED BREAKFAST! He also taps his front legs very fast making tiny tapping sounds☺
It sounds like they are saying "suck suck squirrrreeell"l I wonder is that is where they get the name. Mine are silent till breeding season then they get musical like wild sax playing. They live under the eaves and are on CCTV and stereo sound.
Noisy buggers, aren't they! Like a lot of people, I had no idea what the noise was until someone told me. I posted on Facebook "There's a very odd bird call out in my garden at the moment. Alternates between a sort of 'quack quack quack' sound and a 'squarrrrrrkkk' sound. No, it is not a duckparrot", and a friend immediately replied "Grey squirrel. Seriously". Great video, btw. 👍
Squirrels make a ton of noises in the woods we dismiss as other animals. Particularly the Laughing Monkey type sound and a dozen bird type sounds. In fact Most of the sounds u hear early morning in the woods are squirrels. But here we have only deer, racoons,fox, and coyotes and an abundance of birds
Those sounds aren't to do with it's mate, Richard. Grey squirrels don't pair up with mates - it's "wham, bam, thank you ma'am" at breeding time, and then the females and the males part. The male has nothing to do with raising the young, which the female does very much on her own in a nursery drey. What you're hearing is a classic alarm call, with the paws up to the chest and the incessant barking Kuk...Kuk...Kuk....followed by long Quaaas. If you listen caredfully there is a sort of "rattle" in there as well, the meaning of which seems to be territorial in nature. I'm not exactly fluent in squirrel, but I have picked up a bit.
This an alarm call, and whilst it may cause a few squirrels to poke their heads out to see what's going on, it's the "young squirrel is distress" squeak that you really need to bring them in to you. Females in particluar often respond to that by coming closer to investigate. The Kuk...Kuk...Kuk....followed by long Quaaas that you hear here is more likely to have them scanning the sky for a hawk and freezing in the hope of not being seen.
Lol.. i think this is an alarm call.. the squirrels in your yard would be afraid to go near you if you using this 😅 they'll think there's a predator nearby..
People are saying this is an alarm call, but I don't think it's entirely accurate. The part that sounds like a bird squawking is an alarm for danger, but only alone. That trill or rattling call you hear sometimes in between that squawking sound is a territorial rattle. You can hear it alone sometimes. When it's mixed in with the alarm call, it's still territorial, it's just at a closer range. So this squirrel is probably managing a territorial dispute nearby. Also, to be clear, I'm not an expert at this. I just looked up squirrel calls on a website, and it mentioned that sometimes there are calls that sound like a mix between territorial trills and alarm calls, and that they signal a close range territorial squabble between two squirrels.
