Fisher Cat In Ct Sound

Man these buggers are nasty.
Fisher cat in ct sound. They scream rip things to shreds and are all over connecticut. In just about all of these videos i have seen the audio is actually red fox screams which sound like a loud waaaaaah scream sound. Most people who hear the fisher cat call for the first time are fairly convinced that they are hearing a human calling out for help. Fishers range through new england and much of southern canada.
The main concern is pet safety because these little monsters have no problem picking off a friendly house cat or small dog. There are many videos on youtube claiming to be a fisher cat call or fisher cats screaming but in none of them can you actually see the animal that is making the screaming sounds. The shrillness lends a certain high pitch to the sound and makes it sound like a woman or a child. Although it is frequently referred to as the fisher cat the fisher martes pennanti is actually a medium sized 4 13 lbs member of the weasel family.
Adult male fishers weigh 8 13 pounds. Wfsb reports that the town of guilford has issued a fisher cat warning following an uptick in sightings in the area. The sound of a fisher cat is very shrill and resembles someone calling for help. As former connecticut farmlands have returned to a wooded state the fisher naturally began to expand into the northeastern parts of the state again.
The species was largely erradicated in connecticut because of habitat loss and over trapping by the 1900 s. The fisher cat call in most cases is just a call for mating however they are known to make sounds just before or after hunting. The fisher cat is a nocturnal animal and the most fisher cat screams and fisher cat screeches can be heard at night. This footage captures a fisher cat close up and also records the curious squealing sound that it makes share this video.