That summer sound you're hearing may be a 'rain crow'
Grandma called it a rain crow because to her, at least, its monotonous, guttural monotone "cloke-cloke-cloke-cloke" meant approaching rain.
Grandma called it a rain crow because to her, at least, its monotonous, guttural monotone "cloke-cloke-cloke-cloke" meant approaching rain.