Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post

Isn't it funny how we tend to try to talk to animals with sounds like they make themselves. A cat's "mrrr?" is the only one I have a decent chance of simulating well.

I used to have to ride through huge flocks of Canadian geese, and I'd invariably end up shooing them by yelling "honk! honk!"
I don't know what sound a squirrel makes, but I usually hollar out "Chah....chah.." when I see them. No idea what it means. It's just my pre-coffee gibberish that is appears to mean "Hey, dumb squirrel...don't run in front of me....or that car!"