Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/10/27/ultimate-toy-gun-has-eagle-screech-sound.html
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It’s a red tailed hawk sound not an eagle.
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Considering how many school shootings are committed in US every year (maybe excluding 2020) and that children are the nation’s future, it’s definitely shooting them.
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The “logic” behind that gun is why Trump was elected president.
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@Sabocat and @FathomBlue - Kudos!!!
Red-tailed hawk screech versus eagle “chitter” is one of my favorite pedantry points and it warms my heart to see at least two others beat me here to educate good BBS readers. In the pacific northwest, it’s very common to hear eagles even in the smaller cities or near woodsy areas but I feel that not enough people recognize them due to the surprisingly pervasive misconception buried deep in TV and movie (and toy ray gun?) pop culture.
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The hawk screech and the “peeew” of a silenced firearm in movies are my two pet peeves.
Also I figured out the bird in The Crow was a raven!! I felt so betrayed!
I understand using a raven becaue they are easier to train, but why not edit in a real crow sound?
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You get a heart for avian pedantry and an extra heart for Prince. 
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Maybe it was an Eagle impersonating a red tailed hawk.
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But, but…
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It shoots them up your butt to own the Libs who use gay hamsters.
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Interestingly, there’s no phylogenic distinction between crows and ravens. According to That Wiki:
There is no consistent distinction between “crows” and “ravens”, and these appellations have been assigned to different species chiefly on the basis of their size, crows generally being smaller than ravens.
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That would be ultimately American experience.
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Sounds like a really crappy attempt at a bomb whistling while falling (Looney Tunes style) and then exploding.
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Well, crows caw and ravens have more of a growl. At least some species.
It’s probably similar to Chert and Flint. They are both mostly the same with subtle differences, but hard to draw the line sometimes.
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Yeah, I imagine if we’re talking “crows” and “ravens” generically we (at least USAns) are thinking about “American crows” and “common ravens”. Which are… quite distinct from each other.
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other examples of eagle sounds: https://youtu.be/WlOMy6X3EcE and https://youtu.be/PAUM2nFlhfg
Why not both?
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