Is there a bird that sounds like a dog whimpering??

Hi vikki, the only bird I can think of offhand that makes a "whining or whimpering" type sound is a robin.

Hi Hazel, thankyou for the quick reply. I will have a listen to some recording of a robin and see if its what i heard

We have a forum member on here (Monkeycheese) who has an excellent knowledge or robins and he may have a video clip somewhere that he has previously posted of one of his garden robins making that "whining" sound.

I will have to search my videos for that. Blackbirds make a similar noise, particularly when there is a pair together.

If you can ignore the background noises and police cars, this video features some mewling Robins

https://youtu.be/u8M4VhZcudM

Roadrunner aka chaparral. One of their calls sounds for all the world like a whimpering puppy.

We have a mated pair who hang out around our place, West of Fort Worth.  They had us hunting that dog for days until we figured out it was them.  lol