I heard the sound again and this time we ran out to record it. It was further away and it sounded a little different from last time – less catlike – but though the “words” are different, the voice seems the same (to the one in my memory). In any case, if you can tell us what it is, if not a fisher cat, let us know!
I don’t know if it’s the recording or not, but it sounds like a bird to me, like a hawk. You have a _real_ permaculture Zone 5 in your backyard. I’m amazed so much wildlife manages to coexist in eastern Massachusetts.
Ed, that’s probably the recording. It doesn’t convey the distance it came from. Coming from so far away, it was too loud for it to be a bird. Unless we’re talking a Jurassic one.