The Wonderful World of Owls

The common grey fox sounded like a human woman; the bobcat sounded human too.

The bushbaby totally sounded bird like. Also I'm surprised how many of the non-owl sounds were more typical North American mammals. I guess many people recognized just by sight and not sound.

I always thought, Dove sounds were Owls. The 'coo coo,' sounds like 'hoot hoot.' So I would think there were dozens of Owls in the forest. Now, after these courses, I can tell, that an Owl is not as prevalent, and sound more like -' hoo hoo hoo hohoho hoo.' Also, I never knew a Barn Owl sounded so Catlike. I would think, to hear that in a night time forest, it was a Panther. Scary. The Great Horned Owl sound makes sense to me, and so does the Screech Owl, because they are unique. But the Screech Owl almost sounds like a robot. So spaced and 'cartoon like.'  All the Hooter Owl sounds ring a bell, and sound like classical Owl sounds, but just a little different, than the classic, 'hoot hoot.' I like to hear the ones that mixes a trill and a hoot. Owly and unique.

The Poorwill as I kept thinking it was an Owl!!

Some sounds were very surprising to us, like the common fox and the white-tailed deer. We hear the great horned owls at night in our canyon very frequently, and we see them as well.  

Some of the sounds were new to me. I have heard Barred Owl, Screech Owl and Great Horned Owls and while living in Merced California, heard a Bobcat family, its amazing how many sounds we can hear at night if we live away from the cities.

On many of the owl sounds at night and in other videos, I get an error message so couldn't hear the sounds.

The call that kept catching me off guard was that Poorwill. other than that I've been able to tell the difference between calls of mammals vs owls. I have hands on experience with a screech owl and can pick that one out  She made an array of noises depending on her current mood  and/ or what she was trying to convey. Actually a pretty clever bird. I also have been monitoring 3 Barred owls over the last year and a 1/2. Also an awesome and interesting bird.

I have listened to this series only one time, and guessed many of them wrong. Most surprising to me was Sooty Owl.

An interesting exercise, I replayed several times...a lot of activity at night. The barn owl screech reminded me of a four footed animal cry. The fox was creepy.

This was a very informative exercise.  I even suspected you had recorded the Jersey Devil (lol).

I had no idea how varied owl sounds are!  My favorite is the barn owl.  I think it sounds like a spray can of whipping cream.

The fox and bobcat sounds were certainly surprising - and creepy! I want to set my alarm clock to the northern saw-whet owl's call, I love it. I've never heard an owl in person but after following the barred owl nest cam last season I'd recognize their sounds anywhere.

Both me and my mom have heard the barred owl courtship, It truly is amazing!! They sound just like monkeys, and the sound is so crazy and loud it even made our dog stop and listen. The mottled wood owl sound is very cool, and I would die if  I heard the bobcat or the fox at night.

The gray fox sounds were amazing- and unexpected. We have a friend who lives several blocks away (but well within city limits) who has foxes living in her wooded yard.