The Distinctive Calls of Owls: A Sampler
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- Most owls are nocturnal, and they use their voices to establish territories and attract mates in the dark. Several species begin nesting during as early as midwinter, which is one reason why you can often hear them in fall and winter, when most other birds are quiet.
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Came to this video expecting "hoo's"
Was greeted with "EEEEEEEEEEEKCH!"
Lmfao same
Zenith I was in bed one night and herd the barn owl
Same here!
Zenith Szaa
lmfaooooo i was expecting something more... serene.
I'm trying to identify the owl that's currently having the time of its life outside my window. It's 1am and my search continues.
3yrs later update: It was a barred owl. There are apparently several in my neighborhood. Every now and then, they scare the crap out of me. But recently there's been a new noise. It's a horrible shriek, but I haven't looked that one up yet.
Same
some people think mourning doves are owls
Same
My parents say their witches
samr bro
I have listened to so many of these samples that I have now forgotten what the owl outside sounds like. It's like a police line up on a detective show. Every one seems to be the right one.
Right?!
This is what I’m going through rn lol
Lmaoooo
Here because I’m trying to describe the sound of an owl in my English creative piece. I know what to write now- EEEEEEEEEEE
Did you find out?
Well the barred owl definately is asking who?
Me too
Or like a half broken doorbell
Has it been graded? How did you do?
Me: "Oh cool, owl noises!"
Owls: *VELOCIRAPTOR SCREECHING*
Lokes well, they are technically related... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Birds are technically the living dinosaurs so...
Velociraptor awareness. .
ITS EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY
@@jchen8792 I agree because aren't they now saying that the velociraptor may have had feathers instead of scales?
@@Mr.Duckman and 2 feet tall
So the barn owls screech and the screech owls don't
Lmao
They can screech...which usually sounds like a scream.
+Owldude000 the call here is a mating call I think. their screech I believe is a territorial call.
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Look on the Audubon web site. Screech owls make several different calls
The barred owl sounds like it's imitating a horse.
WHO THE HELL CAME UP WITH “hoo” or “hoot” FOR AN OWL!? NONE OF THESE SOUND EVEN CLOSE!!!!!
Then you don’t know your owls, sweetie!
Hooo hoo .....hoo.. Is a legit owl. If its at night and is calling..what does that except owls?
joni likens I never claimed to know my
Owls... and don’t call me sweetie 🙃 thanks.
Listen to the great horned owl
Great Horned Owl is what most people hear in their heads.
I tell you what, walking in the woods at night and suddenly hearing a group of barred owls all go off at once is absolutely terrifying for a moment.
Me and my brother used to call back and have convos with the owls and one time I must have said something mean because the entire damn forest of owls went off and it was one of the coolest moments ever
that s how my car sounds ( roughly ) after you lift :p
trying to sleep rn, all of a sudden here around 2-4 of em. absolutely scared the crap out of me and then i looked it up and apparently they were mating, right in front of my house, so thats nice, and now i cant sleep
Yees 👀
@@luvzimilo lol wow, i wouldn't sleep either after hearing this
They're all so majestic and the barn owl is just like "EEEEE!"
Malamute456 I couldn't help but laugh so hard at that comment
+Malamute456 a birds is majestic? it is an owl and that alone. you miss the point of their existence when you objectify them with your Anthropomorphism
+MidWestBoy Not at all. Majestic's just an adjective, a describing word. Not anthropomorphism at all...
+Malamute456 Majestic so many come near my house in the night and start screeching. you feel liking killing them all. I guess it is a while owl. i though love the animal but the sound is so incredibly annoying. cheers
Malamute456 I
Imagine hearing these in the middle of the night in the woods not knowing what a owl is 🤣
Ive been hearing something that screeches quite like a barn owl a couple of times outside my window. Feel a bit better now 😂
@Ajowi Vincent mine too lst night it was 1.48am....ifk what problem they have making out sleep disturbed 😭😭.....
But today this evening I Heard kinda same sound like yesternight and guess what it was my house's MOURNING DOVES 🙄......NOW AT MIDNIGHT AGAIN IF I HEAR ANYTHING I'LL GO OUT AND FIND OUT WHETHER IT WAS AN OWL OR SILLY DOVES...( CUZ I CARE FOR MY PRECIOUS SLEEP😭)
that was literally me whilst on my run today. I had never been so scared in my life
@@marblerun5149 Wait did you hear an owl screeching? Did you get to see it? Sorry I'm just super curious but that is terrifying were you running at night? That makes it much worse 🤣
I'm too much of a wuss to go running at night alone at least. But if I'm with my dog I'm okay since she's a big German Shepherd. I feel a bit more safe.
@@NatureWitch basically i live on the edge of my town and i turned into the park and suddenly i just hear the barn owl screech about 50m to my left. I pause to kind of process what is going on and then i hear it above my head and i just bolt it home
Those calls used to wake me up in the middle of the night at my favorite Grandma's house a couple of years ago. She went Home to Glory 3 years ago and I miss her every day.
What I was expecting: hoo,hoo
What I got: REEEEEEEE
hahah-
Boobook owl does this. There's one right outside my house. Starts as soon as my lights go out for bed 🤬🤣
Tawny owls are the nice little hoo hoos :)
1:11
@Kls advaidh It feels intentional 😂🤷♂️
That barred owl looks like it knows something I don't.
Desmond Bear it knows your sins.
Michael K it knows how many licks it takes to get to the center of a lollipop
it knows origami, angels and dominicans and horse rashes
Michael K it probably does
Chef cool
I had never heard the voice of an owl in Japan.
I felt really magical.
beautiful! すばらしい🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉
Left this for my project
00:09 Barn Owl
00:25 Eastern Screech Owl
00:46 Western Screech Owl
01:02 Barred Owl
Excellent !!
Thank you, that was perfect! Owls are amazing beautiful creatures and if you hear one, consider a gift, before mankind wipes out all natural predators.
Eastern Screech Owl = the aliens have landed.
I looked at another video of them and it actually sounds like small horse.
P Jackson can I see this picture once more.
Western Screech Owl = jungle flutes
Eastern screech owl = Chewbacca
look up curl crested manucodes call, sounds like an alien ship landing
I never thought an owl could sound like a horse.
SkyHigh87 My life has changed.
SkyHigh87 I. Thought the same thing XD
Animals could imagine horse's sound
Lol barred owl especially
that's what I thought-
Had an Eastern Screech Owl in my backyard the other day.....the minute he swooped in ALL the birds became silent....it was SOMETHING !!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is so helpful! I heard an owl this morning when I took the dogs out, and now I know it was a barred owl.
Today I learned: Barn Owls sound horrifying
Omnipotence Paradox ikrr
Understatement.
SKREEEEECCHH!!!
But they're really cute. The screech isn't that loud and only when you piss them off. Some are so cute and friendly they will let you give them a face massage without biting your hand off. Barn owls are cute little birds
it made me scared-
I remember hearing barn owls all night and being scared shitless when I was a kid.
Hey, we have the same profile picture!
Cause they’re creepy as all get out
@@DoratTheKiller 🥲
They need to sound intimidating because they look way too cute 😍
Owls are wild beasts and killers.
I was here to find an owl actually going whooohoohoohoho in a very deep voice.
I’m familiar with that sound too. Good description. Is it a Great horned owl?
Download free birding apps with sounds to verify.
They are fun to play for dogs and cats too!
So here I am. It's 1 am on a Wednesday, and I'm listening to owl calls. Someone help me
The name "Screech Owl" would really be more apropriate to the barn owl than either of the screech owls.
Josh Fox ditto!
I've been confused my whole life
I was just about to say that.
@@Mac14329 Haha I was only about 7 years ahead of you.
@@cyrinaefox6828 Yes, you certainly were.
Screech Owls: **Sci-fi owl noises**
Barred Owl: **An actual dog**
Barn Owl: _RRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE_
hah-
So accurate haha
barred owl's cry is so cute
Screech owls sound like a weird version of Israel’s eas alarm
More horse than dog
That was awesome.
I can see now, very clearly, if you do not live in a place where you do not have wildlife about, as an everyday life experience, you are going to be so freaked out by these sounds.
Some of these birds sound ethereal.
Owls in my country only Hoot.
Lovely video. Thank you. 🌿
Heard a barred owl in my backyard the other night in the pitch dark and having never heard one before, scared the heck out of me.
I definitely got Barred Owls in the woods behind my house
same. just had to make sure it was a owl outside my house
We had them surround us during camping once. It was an awesome experience to hear them all around while laying in a pitch black tent at night.
Yes me too!! They can make an other worldly laughing sound too that will give you the eebee jeebees!!
And sometimes they scream like a woman!
Lorena McGovern No, that was me when...never mind.
"Hmm, hey Greg, what should we call this new owl that makes this loud screeching sound?"
"A barn owl"
"What about these new owls that make these cool sci-fi trilling sounds?"
"Screech owls"
"Spank my ass and call me Grandma! Greg, you are a GENIUS!"
+SakoresDark I can't stop laughing at your comment!
fucking Greg
+SakoresDark Thanks
Sadly, Greg was never seen again. He was murdered by an ornithologist.
I laughed for ages.
Barred owls love nighttime hootenannys. One of my favorite things to hear. 🦉🎶
Is it just me or the barred owl has such an adorable voice.😂❤️
There's an eastern screech owl outside my window, and I'm playing this back for him.
I've heard that screeching sound in a tree near my patio several times..And I say to myself...What the Fuck, type of bird is that!!🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
the barred owl sound matched up PERFECTLY with the one i was hearing outside at the moment it played. that was amazing.
Thank you for this. I was just awoken by a Barred Owl and it scared the crap out of me. Lol i was looking for what it could be and this definitely helped me identify it.
I was watching this with my daughter who is 6. When she heard the Barred Owl she said, "It sounds like an old man trying to pick up his kids." 🤣😂
😂😂😂
Ooooooh hahahahah
The barred owl seems to be making an important decision ^^
It sounds like a dying old man...
Anyone else hear that?
Nashizu Konoha I hear a horse.
HMM HMMM
In the 6-7 years I’ve been hearing an owl near my home tonight is the loudest I’ve ever heard it. I’m not sure what kind it is but I love hearing it. It calls then another in the distance calls. It’s awesome. I just stood outside in 27° weather to listen
I absolutely love the barred owls call though. It's absolutely precious.
I have Barred owls living behind my yard, I just love listening to them in the evening, and it is such a treat to see them fly through the yard or rest on my deck.
Without a doubt the Barred Owl is my favorite. I get goosebumps whenever I hear it in the woods behind my house.
The Barred Owl is creepy as hell, but I've gotta stick with my homie the Eastern Screech Owl.
you have one ?
And barn owl
I was going to my treestand in the dark one morning when I heard this weird sound like I never heard before and it was getting closer and closer to me.
I never knew what it was until I found this site. A barred owl. I figured it was some sort of owl, just because the time of day but I was never certain.
Thank you
Love this ! I learned the great horned owl’s call by memorizing, “who’s awake? Me too.”
Eastern Screech is my favorite, there's something indescribable about it.
Barn Owl - Amazingly scary, yet beautiful. Starts with a dragon-like call and ends with a not-so-scary cry
Eastern Screech Owl - Very hypnotizing, yet soothing. It is like listening to a Frequency Meditation video.
Western Screech Owl - Tricky because I hear two.
Barred Owl - Scary. Not a big fan, but it is a beautiful owl.
I heard a barred owl call for the first time! I was outside and heard something that sounded like a wounded dog yowling. I went to investigate it and it stopped when I was close to my mango tree. I shined a light all around, and imagine my surprise when the only thing that could have sounded like that was perched on a branch! We were both curious about each other but it ended up flying away when I came back a second time just to make sure there wasn't really a wounded puppy lol. Now I know better :,) Sorry for frightening you little guy, fly high
1:15 tripped me out
Barn owls sound like the feeling of impending insanity
Barn owls tells you when someone close to you is about to die😢😢
My cat flipped the fuck out!
Mine ,too. Just now as I was playing this.
+crazycat329 ilove thiz shiz#
+Gerry Sassy it's intresting to me to listen to the birds ...it's their eerieee way of communicating with each other...😀
Mine's searching my windows and rooms to figure out where the noise is coming from.
mine literally doesn't care ,lol
0:10 barn owl sounds like an old computer starting up
Most of these are so calming, I feel like if I heard this in the morning my day would just start off great
The barred owl is my favorite.
A barred owl laughing will make your heart skip a beat when your in the woods late at night.
That Eastern Owl resinates with my soul. I FEEL those sound waves and it's quite calming
We were camping this weekend near Traverse City, Mi and I love falling asleep to the sound of Whippoorwill & Horned Owls. We always hear them when in the Boardman River valley.
Ok so I guess it’s a demon outside my window
My fave is the Barred owl's voice. I have at least one in my forested land. She/he hunts from 11am til after dark. This owl sits in one of the birdbaths I maintain for them and even seems to nap in it! Owls are amazing!!!:
Guess there's a barred owl outside goin' WOO WOO WOO. My windows are shut and homeboy still loud as hell
Thank you!!!! I found this clip and helped me discover it was an Eastern screech owl outside last night. What a pretty call it had in person.
Somehow i have these barn owls laying eggs and living on the roof of my house and I have to listen to its callings every night. Oh the pain
+Alyn Azizi Owls have very symbolic meanings in ancient cultures like native american culture. It's a sign of nature. You should listen to it.
+hebince44 its gone now :(
I have barn owls living on my house too. Just love them.
Get a falcon guy to fly the falcon around the day
1:01 If I heard that next to me in the dark I'd need new pants.
Western screech owl! I just heard her outside walking. Thank you for this lovely video. Love and light to all who see this 💛✨💛✨💛
0:09 Barn Owl
0:25 Eastern Screech Owl
0:46 Western Screech Owl
1:02 Barred Owl
Eastern Screech Owl: Get ready for screams.
Sounds like a horror movie soundtrack
Thanks to this video I've now identified the noise I hear sometimes at night when I'm in my garage. A Barn Owl. For a year now I thought it was something much more sinister.
We have an Eastern screech owl that’s been living in the backyard for years !
This video is great it confirms that what flew over me in the starlight last night was a barn owl in Spain they're called lechuzas. I've heard the call many times but haven't seen one si close and in flight in years. The barred owl in the video has an amazing tone and resonance wow
I hear Barred Owls all the time when I'm on camping trips. There was this one time I was camping and it was either really late or really early. Anyway, I was awake for a few minutes, and I heard an owl swoop down outside my tent, and grab a mouse or something, and there was a lot of rustling and screeching, then it flew off. And I just laid there thinking "What just happened?" Lol
I'm trying to figure out what I have in the trees outside my window. I can't see it, I just hear 'Hoooo .... hoo ... hoooooooooo' all day and all night. I love the sound, I just wish I knew what it was. It doesn't sound like any of these owls.
Same •^•
Me Liz Try the Great Horned Owl
Me Liz We have "Morning Dove's" in my neighborhood. They make a "Hoooo...hoo..." sound. Initially I thought they were owls. That might be what you're hearing.?
Me Liz as Nemo already said, it is probably the Great Horned Owl which isn't in the video..
Daryl Randall or,the,wild barn owl ....
“Alexa, add owls to my list of ‘things that terrify the f*ck outta me.”
I just had the most vocal owl experience and now I'm hooked!
Omg finally! I've been hearing the barred owl outside my house every night since we moved in, one night we were in the garage and 3 of them came in on us, it was amazing
Western Screech Owl. Next to my window and drives my wife nuts every night. LOL!
Scorpio Snake Did you know owls are the messengers of death?
Naw those are crows. Owls represent wisdom.
My mom couldn’t figure it out what it was, till I showed her this video and now she knows it
That's funny because crows are much smarter than owls
Owls are the nerds of the forest.
They are beautiful and I love all of their sounds❤
I loved the screech owl! It's like the sound of my soul
I was just listening to a barred out about ten minutes ago. The first time I've hear them this year. It's such a beautiful sound.
0:25 I hear that every morning because there’s a owl that lives in my backyard and I named him Fred 😂
Used To hear many barred owls camping in N.Y. state land. That has always been my favorite.
They are all just so CUTE!!
The two last ones, western screech owl and barred owl has a beautiful sound. I think the western screech owl was my favorite
The barred owl is my favorite, I'm actually listening to it right now
We hear an Eastern Screech Owl in our oak trees from about dark:30 through midnight or longer. It's song on top of distant waves rushing ashore is pure elixir.
Cool! Barn Owl sighting confirmed. Thank you CZcams! (saw a bird fly overhead while stargazing tonight, whistled at it, it screeched back, had to check its sound, spot on)
Oh, thank you! I live in the desert and have never heard or seen an owl in person (in owl?) so I had no clue what they sounded like. They are all so beautiful! And what eyes they have! Wonderful, thanks so much.
what's it like in the dessert? hot? do you have school?
@@idontreallywannabehere9670 LOL Yes very hot. Today it's 112 degrees. We do have school.
Barred Owl! "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you?":)
That sounds right. I had a barred owl serenade me for two or three years in the autumn when I would step outside at night.. I would answer him (or her) back in kind. Really miss hearing that soulful call.
I love all birds and studied Ornithology when studying Marine Biology. Owls are fascinating. The Barred Owl I have heard many times where I have lived, but have heard many of these creatures in the woodlands in several areas of the country where I have lived and visited. Thanks for sharing this video and educating others or just so animal lovers can share it with friends and each other. Nature is so beautiful.
Western Screeh Owl, even though the barn owl is actually screeching! The barn owl is the only one other than whatever owl actually hoots that I've heard in real life. But they are all cool.
OWLS ARE THE COOLEST
I saw a beatiful Barred Owl in the morning recently, here in Texas.
Here's an owl story to be cautious of... A very large barn owl ate my Chihuahua. I'd discovered the owl when my dogs were barking like mad in our yard. I walked out the back, porch door to check-out the commotion. Unknowingly, I'd just walked right passed an owl, purchase on a chair to my immediate right, only 1 or 2 feet from the porch door I'd just exited. I was still confused by our dog's barking when I noticed their attention was fixated in the direction of the my house. When I turned to look back at the house I saw a huge, beautiful, white barn owl. It was somewhat pinned by the canapy of the porch & it couldn't easily fly passed me & the dogs. It had it's wings spread wide-open & was hissing loudly, then witin a few seconds it saw an opening & flew away. I was just standing there with my mouth open, experiencing shock & awe at my first sighting of an owl & so close!!! I was a kid & couldn't imagine what a owl was doing perched inside my porch, that is, until the next morning when I went out to feed the dogs. The only thing I found of my Chihuahua was a paw. I'd just confiscated the latest object our puppy was chewing-on, in so doing I was mortified to discover it was a small paw. From then on our small dogs became, strictly, house-dogs. I know her death was fast & my chihuahua had a good life up to that point but I don't blame the owl, it was just trying not to starve & so feed itself. So, try to protect all your small animals from birds of prey (& coyotes) by keeping them inside the house or a kennel. :●}
Omgsh I am so sorry this happened to you . Such a tragic death . And how amazing to see that owl with it’s wings spread
@Furn333 implying you would have killed the owl? What exactly would that have solved, besides making you into a felon. Yes, shoot, shovel, shut-up, but that doesn't change the fact that anyone who shoots an owl without a permit is breaking state and federal laws. I know some situations are very difficult, but the owl is an important part of the ecosystem, and needlessly harming them is not good for anybody, including humans.
For those that are unaware, it is against the law to harm owls, hawks and other raptors without a permit. It is illegal to even possess a feather of one of these birds. I am truly very sorry for those who have lost pets to outdoor predators (I have had and been very close to my own pets before), but solving violence with more violence is not the answer.
How the fuck does an owl est a dog? Barn owls are beautiful. The let you give them a face massage and won't even bite.
@@mc12358 Firstly, it's a misdemeanor, not a felony, presuming the owl isn't endangered. Secondly, it's not illegal to scare the owl off.
@@thewanderingmistnull2451 Thanks for correcting me, but my point is still valid; it is illegal to harm an owl (or a hawk, or any protected species) without a permit.
Edit: I talked about this subject before with my local Wildlife Resources Commission officer, so I'm not making up false information.
The screech owl for sure!
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The screech owl most often in upper octaves until two are side by side, then they drop to lower tones heard here. Most barred owls locate each other with a “who cooks for you….who cooks for you all” sound, then often engage in a “laughing” contest with each other during territorial challenges. It’s pretty amazing during turkey season in ky!
The "Whose Hoo?" of owls!
Wonderful! They each have their own special music. :)
Thanks for this, I can say with certainty that we had a barn owl over the property this morning. Woke me up!
1:04 This one sounds like something between a sheep and a creaking door
My girlfriend makes the same kinda sounds
Your girlfriend screeches, makes sci-fi noises, and makes the sound of that guy from the Dark Crystal?
I feel pity on you...
Slooooot
MichnaOfficial Lol
She must be an owl...
awe, no "who cooks for you" action!?
+Jesse Tate ikr?
That's a barred owl
+Julia Parsons no kidding
Eastern Screech Owl: I am the grumpiest being alive.
Western Screech Owl: Can I go back to bed already?
This hooting of owls really fascinates me.🦉