How to mimic calls while conservation hunting on console?

[(NSW)gingerium]

I'm trying to do the quest for Nightwave and I don't know how to track the animal call with console controls. I'm "moving' (aiming) and trying to follow the bar as it passes by, but nothing else seems to work. I'm playing on Switch for reference. 

[ExcaliburUmbra]

I haven’t played on Switch, this is all from the standpoint of using a Xbox controller on the PC version so it may be different.

What I do is equip the echolure and aim with the right stick so the marker is sitting right in the center of the pitch bar. Then I make my first call without moving the right stick. The animal should respond, spawning the “target” marker in the center of the bar. I then make my second call, watching the target closely to see if it starts moving up or down and then aiming with the right stick in the same direction. Depending on how fast the bar moves, I sometimes use the left trigger to aim and slow my look speed down to make staying in the target marker easier. 

Hope it helps.