By Robin Bruno
The bald eagle is probably the most well known bird in the world. Mainly because of their recognizable screech, the strong call of America’s pride. But what if I told you that’s not what a Bald Eagle actually sounds like. That their strong and fierce exterior does not match the voice.
So, who is the man behind the real screech of the United States of America? Well, this is a pretty common bird to see all across America and even in Canada and Mexico. They are known for their distinct red tail and white-ish bellies. They are also very adaptable birds and can have unique coloring depending on the region.
Movies lie about the Bald Eagles screech because of the main fact that such a big bird has got to have a strong screech. “It should probably make an amazing screaming noise that just, you know, sends chills down your spine,” said Anna Morris who is the director of wildlife ambassador programs in Vermont. The Bald eagles screech is too high pitched, non-threatening, and kind of weak for such a powerful looking bird. So, the solution is stealing the call from a smaller bird without providing credit.
Birds have a wide range of calls for different things, such as, “Calls for mating, for territory, for announcing their arrival, for hunger,” said Mary-Beth Haeser who is the founder of a nonprofit rehabilitation center in Ashford.
But even then, all of the Bald Eagles calls are high pitched and whiny. Hollywood sees the Eagles call as not as threatening and strong as the red-tailed hawk.
That brings up the controversy of the iconic roar of Leo the Lion in the beginning of some movies. Many think that the lion’s roar is, well, the classic roar that everyone thinks of when they think of a roar from a big lion.
But it’s not real either! You have been deceived, “So I substituted tiger roars. They just sounded bigger and more majestic,” said Mark Mangini, an award-winning sound engineer assigned the task of rerecording the Lions roar.
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