That last one sounds like a Great Horned Owl young fledged bird. Years ago, I spent a lot of time around a young GHO owlet and they make that call as a "feed me" begging call to get more food. Adults bird occasionally do that call as well.
John Rawinski Monte Vista, CO On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 12:47:29 AM UTC-6, Ira Sanders 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d9b4f77a-c54a-4b63-8228-38a2ecea8ba0o%40googlegroups.com.
