I play this on a Bluetooth speaker outside right after dark falls. Owls come flying in to figure out who the new resident is. They land in a big pine tree right outside my front door and stare at me. This recording has been such a source of joy for me. Thank you so much for posting it 🌹

I got a massive Barred owl living outside my house. Homie started going off with this shit at like 3 am when i was letting out the dogs, thought I was gonna have to fight some Jackal Demon in the middle of the night wearing a bath robe

Yeah we had them in our back yard in oklahoma. It was the coolest thing ever. When several of them are perched around on different trees and exchanging calls on a dark night it makes you glad to be alive.

I think barred owls are the coolest sounding owls. I love their hoots!

Was at a campfire with the boys until we heard this exact sound... All 4 pants shat simultaneously...

Their calls are hauntingly beautiful. They are curious creatures and watch humans often

I volunteered at a wildlife center years ago and there was a barred owl there named " Otis" he had a wing amputated so he was there being rehabilitated and he was my most favorite animal there. He was so sweet. I remember him making noises from his room. Last I knew they moved him to an owl sanctuary with other owls so he wouldn't be lonely.

For you city dwellers who recently moved to a heavily forested area, just wait until you hear your first fox call. They sound like someone being murdered. During the rut if you get too close to the tree line the bucks will snort/grunt at you. The first time it happened to me I jumped like 5 feet sideways. And then there's the great blue heron that sounds like a prehistoric man eating lizard.

I hear barred owls almost every night down here in FL. Such beautiful creatures. I used to bowfish at night and always had at least one curious barred owl (it might have been the same one, who knows) who would land on a pylon on the dock and just watch me. I remember cleaning a fish late one night when I felt this sudden gust of wind behind my neck, looked over, and about 5' away there was a barred owl perched upon a pylon just observing me. The amount of wind their wings had pushed was crazy to me because I heard absolutely nothing. If I didn't feel that short gust I would have never known it was there.

Just heard one of these in Georgia. It had its own distinct call and it actually frightened me at first.

0:47 The bird that photobombed this owl’s picture was later found dead that night with talon marks all over him. The owl was questioned but no proof was found that she was the murderer.

I have a pair that live in the trees behind my place. They get busy more than I do.

I finally found the owl i ever occasionally hear in my back yard. I love their hoots.

I told my husband like 100 times I kept hearing a strange animal noise and tonight he FINALLY was outside when it happened. So happy to find out what it is finally. What an awesome, beautiful creature . Even tho it scared the pee out of me at first.

Was not expecting the photo of mating owls 😂The male looks beyond thrilled to be there.

Every year this calls back my owl 💜🦉 He is literally outside my window

We have had Barred owls for many years. Here in central Minnesota they are like old friends stopping by for a chat. Our kids love calling up to 7 of them into our trees. They only call when it is calm and peaceful in the woods. It makes me feel safe. I feel sorry for city folk who only have street noise to fall asleep to.

Some years ago I was at a quarry in the middle of the night and heard this sound. It was so haunting and beautiful. I was trying to figure out what kind of bird it was. I can't remember who I asked to help me figure it out, but I described to them the sound of one of those impact wrenches auto shops used to remove lug nuts from a car tire. At the time that's what it sounded like. This particular bird. The person immediately knew I was talking about a barred owl. I'll never forget that amazing sound in the distance on a warm summer night

I am hearing this owl just several minutes ago! Usually I hear the great horned owl but this one has those distinct “who cooks for you” notes haha

Was once sleeping outside in a hammock and heard a very loud wailing followed by one of these calls. I was pretty sure it must be an owl but it didn’t make it any less frightening in the moment

My family and I just saw one of these in our backyard just before sunset in Maryland! One of the prettiest birds ever!

I hear these everytime at night when I'm out for my cigarette it's cool to hear

Finally found my owl who lives by my house. He crazy

I had heard these owls in the late evening in the woods behind our home in Maryland, but never could see any. I played this through a Bluetooth speaker on our deck and within 5 minutes we saw 2 beautiful and BIG barred owls fly over, then perch on a limb 40 feet above. Both were hooting back! It was so cool.

Just moved to a new place. Saw an owl flying between the trees just at dark. Got an idea. Searched the net, found this vid, and i can call them down to the fence, sometimes to ground in the back yard. These animals are magnificent. If you do not see them, you never know they are there. The female landed on the fence the other night and she is awesome. These guys rule the night. Ultimate predators. I got one in the tree right now. He is calling. It makes me realize how small i am in the big picture. Humans can not create this. What else is there? Glad to be alive!

Heard one tonight for the first time. At first I was like is that a dog howling. Then I realized it’s gotta be an owl. Which lead me here. Thanks for the video. Hopefully I can see the guy or gal making these beautiful sounds one day.

I have a barred owl near my house that always makes the very first sound. Never any of the others always trills his hoot and it’s relaxing to hear all the time

A way to remember...."who cooks for you, who cooks for youuuuuuuu." (farmers almanac)

Fun fact... If you wanna attract owls, just set up a bird feeder. The seed that falls on the ground will attract field mice/voles which will attract owls.

Your video is so important to me. I play it and the owls come straight to my house. Thank you so much. I play and pause and listen for responses. It is so enjoyable.

Listening to 4 Barred Owls hoot at each other is something special

Lucky to hear these beautiful creatures near Tampa, FL

Using this call right now with 6 owls flying around my camp 😍

It's awesome finally finding out what the owl I hear every night looks like

There's a few barred owls that live on my block, and they call out to each other for hours at a time in the middle of the night. First time I heard one of their calls, I thought it was either an injured man or dog, crying out in pain right outside my window. Absolutely scared me shitless.

We live on a 40 called Barred Hollow. Saw the comment from the guy who hooked it to a Bluetooth speaker, and had the same result. Had five or six in the trees near the cabin, answering this recording. What a hoot!

We live in the woods in Eastern Kentucky and our house is surrounded by these. I love to listen to them have conversations from one side of the holler to the other.

Thanks to your video, I now know what kind of owl I hear every night. 😊

Beautiful owl sounds thank you. ❤🇺🇸🦉👍🙏😎

We played this outside tonight and with minutes we had an owl fly in and land about 15 feet away. It was amazing, thanks so much for sharing!

Such beautiful owls I love love love owl's. The sounds they make are so awesome 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉❤️

This video played over an iPad will call them in ...it’s amazing

So beautiful thank you folks ❤💖♥💜💕8

Plano, TX here! We have two or three in the neighborhood, and they hunt in the creek behind our home. They are so majestic, and much bigger than I thought, seeing one up close! (One landed on my fence to come check out the "commotion" when I played this on my back porch at around 430am).

I just heard the sounds at night and thought it was coyotes, but then I heard the sound move and followed it with my eyes and saw two of these beautiful birds fly over me. So thankful I was able to see them.

My wife sons and myself play this on our speaker and they come flyin to our trees its pretty awesome

Sitting on my second story deck surrounded by these guys. I looked up this call here on KZfaq and played it to them. Before I knew it they were really close calling back at me. Too, too cool in Tulsa.

I live in Savannah GA, I just love listening to these amazing owls. Tonight I heard their territorial sounds for the first time. Man! Someone was upset, lol. It's so soothing for me to hear them calling at night. So glad that they are surviving near my home.

I have been listening to these at night in the woods behind our house for years and never actually saw one. Then yesterday this big old thing went chasing another big old thing past our treehouse at twilight. It was huge. I went to the Sibley guide to determine which is the biggest owls in our area (southern Delaware), and the Barred Owl it is. How magnificent. Thanks for the recordings!

I love this, it brings back childhood memories!

Beautiful and soothing

0:56 These are the very sounds I heard in my yard recently. Thank you for posting this.

I would like to hear a Barred Owl for real. I don't think they're in California. They do have a rather Haunting call. THANKS FOR SHARING! R.K. 4/20/2022.

I had a pair of barred owls that nested in my yard when I lived back home in Florida. I had a spot light on a pole in my yard so I could garden at night when it was cooler. They used to come visit me with on on my roof and tge otger landing on the ground some distance away. How I miss those days.

I heard one of these damn things this morning a little after 5:30 having never heard one before, didn't know what I was hearing. Kinda figured it was some sort of owl but wasn't 100% sure until I started looking up videos of owl sounds and came across this one. Next time I hear one I won't have to decide whether or not to haul ass back inside. Lol.

Birding is a great relaxing hobby. Nice relaxing video, I feel so peaceful after watching your video. I wish you great success! Have a wonderful day!

Hear these guys, as well as Great Horned Owls, all around my home in Kentucky. They always seem to be talking to each other. Beautiful birds.

I use this to attract the owls all the time. Super cool.

I heard 3 of these near my house last night. Now I know which kind they were. Thank you

I have to say… I play this all the time in my back yard. So fun to hear the owls start calling!

Great photos, and love those sounds! It makes me happy to hear barred owls hooting outside on the rare occasion I can.

I've been hearing a Barred Owl out from my backyard at night🦉🌕

I was actually able to call in two of these owls with these sounds coolest thing I have ever experienced

North GA here. Stopping in because I want the one in my backyard to make him/herself be seen.

I hear these ALL THE TIME.

they’re so scary when you have anxiety , especially when they start to make monkey sounds ..

Moved to NC last year from NY. Lol I hear these a lot here! My hair stood straight up the first time I heard this from the woods across the road. I never heard them in NY. I felt so silly.

I glad I found this because I used to hear this at night back upstate in New York and never knew what owl it was. It was calming to hear for the two years the owl was around ❤

I went out last night and heard this coming from trees down the hill then super close by the tree by my deck. I didn’t know what it was - now I’ll just say “hi, owls!”

I hear the Barred owl in the early morning hours frequently. This morning it was so close I think it must have been right outside our bedroom perched on a nearby tree in the forest. I even heard this call in the middle of the day one time and managed to record it. Magnificent. Haven’t seen them, just hear them. Hope to be able to see one some day.

Kansas here! Holy crap I hear one so close to my house right now. It's so neat! Thank you for posting.

I hear from them in the morning at first I was afraid it was a coyote 😂, so glad I looked it up!

aha! this is the bird sitting outside my bedroom hooting at 5 am. couldn’t catch it on recording. i’ve seen these on my property once or twice, didn’t think he would be so close to the house, and so very very loud. you do your thing, mr owl!!

We brought in 7-8 last night at one time on outdoor speakers. Freaking awesome

They're talking back!! So cool!

Love you 😍 barred owls almost as big as the long horned owl 👌

I played this for my blind daughter and she was giggling at the owl call.

This video is quite a hoot! Thanks!

I heard one of these a few mins ago! I went online to try to find which owl it was. It sounded like 0:09

We sit on our back porch at night and call them in with this. Two of them sit on a tree nearby and watch us while several more gather in the woods around us and talk away. It's a fun way to spend a relaxing evening.

I have one in my backyard that I hear almost every night.... beautiful! Thanks for the video.

There's a at least a couple of these that live in the trees around me. So cool to be near these

I use these sounds to call in owls onto the railing my deck. It is really cool and my kids love seeing them.

I am in Tucker, GA. I just played this and have five owls around my tent. They hiss between calls and I can't tell if they are threatening or just communicating with each other. They come every night to...talk.

Right now I can hear one of these doing that song that they do (like in the first clip). Kinda freaky actually. It echoes through the woods and makes it sound like a monster with a megaphone.

It's so comforting to hear our barred owl call at night here in central Massachusetts. One night my wife and I were outside and the bird swooped over our heads, it was magical.

I see them a lot but a hawk is almost the same color and when their flying its hard to tell ! I love seeing owls especially the great horned owls ❤

Best compilation, thank you

I just used this video to communicate with 4 owls. No idea what was said but it was cool. I heard them outside, put barred owls in the KZfaq search, and found this video. They came kind of close and hooted back. It was cool! I just catfished owls 😂

Well, at least I’ve now confirmed which type of owl keeps going back and forth with another one yelling hoot-hoot-hoo-hoot and keeping me awake. 😂

Absolutely the Tom morello of owls.

Finally, a rapper who doesn't mumble 🗿🔥🗣

I have finally found the woo-hoo bird! It woke me up screaming Wooh woo-hoo at around 3AM and when I tried to tell people about it they thought I was crazy making things up.

Lol I just played this on a bluetooth speaker at the barred owl who lives by my house. He/she will only respond to the first call pattern. The other patterns make it silent. I hope I'm not cussing out my neighbor owl..😂 oh and the crows are hella pissed

THANK you! A month ago I'd heard a single call that carried a quality of the Barred's and everywhere I looked to i.d. it just had the one common call. I'd only ever heard Great Horned calling in this location around that time of year. I was beginning to think I'd lost my mind!

I live in South Tn. way out in the country, right in the middle of town. I have woods surrounding 3 sides of my place. There have been 2 families of Barred Owls living on my lot, (for over 50 years), one in the woods East of my house and one family west of the house. (I imagine several generations of them) One starts the song out and the other answers it. If I do my hobbies around 10:00pm or so, the West family gets upset with me. They get a worble sound going. When I get quiet, so do they. THANK YOU for posting.

I was at maxdale bridge one time and heard a barred owl downstream. It was hauntingly beautiful, and amazing. I played this sound and paused it and the owl responded back. It was so cool. I've never heard a barred owl until that night.

but WHY DO THEY DO THIIISSSSS ugggh why must i be an animal lover 😂 These in the video are being chill. They start screaming this stuff it's so loud at night by me lol

Some great looking photos...nicely captured sounds as well...🦉

Used this video with a JBL speaker to attract three near my back deck (surrounded by ravine). Great video; thanks