Think Semana Santa visitors are gone? We just got more!
by Tere 
, Friday, April 08, 2016, 16:22 (3872 days ago)
New neighbors moved in our block in La Noria. We've got a few pairs of chachalacas (fun word to say too) that moved in yesterday around the corner, next door and behind us. LOUD muthas, but fun. They look like a cross between a pheasant and a peacock and sound like a motor that won't quite catch. For those of you who haven't seen or heard them, I found this on Youtube - but they're LOUDER! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlC96O2xOw
Think Semana Santa visitors are gone? We just got more!
by JeffMN 
, Minneapolis MN USA, Saturday, April 09, 2016, 12:27 (3871 days ago) @ Tere
Tere -- I tried for years to think of what chachalacas' calls remind me of. Then I realized it's a kind of kids' noise-maker, popular when I was growing up. Raspy, kind of metallic sound. What do you think? Vintage Noise Makers
Think Semana Santa visitors are gone? We just got more!
by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Saturday, April 09, 2016, 15:38 (3871 days ago) @ JeffMN
Tere -- I tried for years to think of what chachalacas' calls remind me of. Then I realized it's a kind of kids' noise-maker, popular when I was growing up. Raspy, kind of metallic sound. What do you think? Vintage Noise Makers
Ha! That's the thing. It's such an odd sound that it conjures up different associations for different people. A creaky door, a sick duck, a noise-maker, plywood ripping, squeaky cork, a creature from The Outer Limits. 
Think Semana Santa visitors are gone? We just got more!
by Tere , Sunday, April 10, 2016, 10:02 (3870 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
There's a marine motor repair shop across the street from us, so at first I thought it was more motor sounds coming from there! HA! They're making my mother-in-law's cat's head swivel like a gun turret.
Think Semana Santa visitors are gone? We just got more!
by JohvdelaCruz , Zihuatanejo, Gro., MX, Monday, April 18, 2016, 10:07 (3862 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Funny fact! My great aunt told me and my cousins to listen to chachalacas carefully and we could hear them saying something like "barrrrre tu casa" hahaha which means sweep in your house!
