Immature Great Horned Owls do have a shriek like a Barn Owl. Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette
> On Aug 18, 2020, at 8:14 AM, Lisa Carp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Last week I heard the exact same screeching by our house at 3 in the morning. > I got up to look & the owl was sitting on a lamp pole nearby. There was just > enough light to see it with my binos & I was shocked to see a white face with > a brown body so I was also thinking barn owl (which made no sense) until I > looked at Sibleys & that is what an immature GH Owl looks like. Evidently > they can snap their beaks together & make a clacking sound too but I did not > hear that. > I do not know what’s making the whistles in the other tape. > Lisa Carp > Superior > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 12:47 AM Ira Sanders <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Birders, > For the last couple of weeks, late at night, about midnight to maybe 4 am, > I've frequently been hearing 2 different birds move around the neighborhood > above and below my house. One I'm convinced is a Barn Owl by the screeching > call it gives. The recording is the last one below. > The other is the one I'm hearing right now. It is a medium high pitched > whistle that almost has a double reed (thrush like) quality to it. > It's out front and I'll try to record it again. It's very faint on the > recording at about 11 sec and again at about 25 sec. on one recording but is > a little better on the second recording made a few days ago. > Any help would be appreciated. > > > -- > Ira Sanders > Golden, CO > "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into > a waterfall of creative alternatives." > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siGQTJ7EHEhbfQ_aQvoxYpG09y6Pt7kzfA3oMjaN7yLd9A%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siGQTJ7EHEhbfQ_aQvoxYpG09y6Pt7kzfA3oMjaN7yLd9A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHkHN6RSXYHNq96e_5SUPeYTzDukExmQ1XLCLsXeiNOTTvr84Q%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHkHN6RSXYHNq96e_5SUPeYTzDukExmQ1XLCLsXeiNOTTvr84Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA8E1172-FA04-4E14-A971-25A1B83036C2%40gmail.com.
