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Donkees

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5. Here's a video of a Screech Owl ''screeching''

Reply to AndyS (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 6, 2023, 08:51 PM

Feb 2023

Screech starts about 2:00 minute mark:

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.

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And as for the Hummingbirds, there are several hundred species/sub-species to sort through!

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Eastern Screech Owl [View all] Donkees Feb 2023 OP

I don't understand why they are called 'screech' owls. Their call is like a soft AndyS Feb 2023 #1

Part of their aggressive threat displays includes some higher-pitch squealing (screeching) Donkees Feb 2023 #2

Thank you for the sounds. I've heard the first two many many times. AndyS Feb 2023 #4

Here's a video of a Screech Owl ''screeching'' Donkees Feb 2023 #5

These photos are breathtaking democrank Feb 2023 #3