qT=2&tQ=These birds emit a sound that would make anyone's skin crawl.&tC=Southern-black maniacs|Black skimmers|Limpkins|Southern pie eaters&cC=3&fB=Some folktales describe lost boys wailing in night's darkness, unable to find their way out of a swamp.<br><br>Roosting in trees and running among the branches, the limpkin's eerie, wailing calls remind visitors of these stories. They have been described as shrieks, wails, piercing cries and even having a quality of unutterable sadness.