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Eastern Screech Owl (Original Post)
Donkees
Feb 2023
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AndyS
(14,559 posts)1. I don't understand why they are called 'screech' owls. Their call is like a soft
cooing. In a previous life I had a mated pair come back year after year and raise a brood of owlets in a box on the tree in my back yard. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I had!
Daddy owl just hanging out nearby in the daytime.
Baby owlet checking out the world.
Donkees
(32,437 posts)2. Part of their aggressive threat displays includes some higher-pitch squealing (screeching)
There's an audio clip of the 'squeal' in link:
Among the Eastern Screech-Owls many calls are soft, low hoots; loud, sharp barking calls that indicate alarm or agitation; and, true to their name, screechestypically given by adults defending nests or fledglings.
https://birdwatchinghq.com/eastern-screech-owl-sounds-and-calls/
https://birdwatchinghq.com/eastern-screech-owl-sounds-and-calls/
AndyS
(14,559 posts)4. Thank you for the sounds. I've heard the first two many many times.
The last is new to me. I guess they never felt threatened in our suburban neighborhood.
Thanks also for the wonderful photography you make available to us. Who knew there were so many different humming birds! I hope to post some hummers this March when they come back brom down South.
Donkees
(32,437 posts)5. Here's a video of a Screech Owl ''screeching''
Screech starts about 2:00 minute mark:
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And as for the Hummingbirds, there are several hundred species/sub-species to sort through!
Nov 16, 2017
Watch and listen as Ms. Owl puffs up her feathers and then screeches loudly several times. These are defensive, territorial warnings. The sound is rarely recorded.
Watch and listen as Ms. Owl puffs up her feathers and then screeches loudly several times. These are defensive, territorial warnings. The sound is rarely recorded.
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And as for the Hummingbirds, there are several hundred species/sub-species to sort through!
democrank
(11,250 posts)3. These photos are breathtaking
Thank you