Eastern Screech Owl Sounds: Learn their TWO haunting calls! (2024)

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Жыл бұрын

You are going to learn how to identify the CALLS, SOUNDS, and HOOTS of an Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio).
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These are the TWO common sounds that Eastern Screech-Owls make:
00:17 SOUND #1:
Their most common noise is an eerie, even-pitched trill, which is often called a tremolo. The tremolo is used by mated pairs during the breeding season to stay in contact.
Males and females are often heard singing this call back and forth, both day and night. This purring trill typically lasts between 3-5 seconds and contains about 35 notes.
00:49 SOUND #2:
The second sound that Eastern Screech-owls make is a shrill, descending whinny. The whinny is used to defend territories. It normally lasts between .5 to 2 seconds long.
Many people think this call is similar to the sound of a miniature horse! While it’s possible to hear these owls during the day, The BEST time to hear them calling is at night.
01:23 Many times, you will hear the tremolo (sound #1), and the whinny (sound #2) sang one after the other.
Credit for the recordings:
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Recordists: Wil Hershberger
Image(s) and/or Footage used under license from Shutterstock.com.

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@itatane Жыл бұрын

I first learned what Screech Owls sound like when I was camping out in the horse pasture at age 6. Unbeknownst to me, there was a little fellow in the branches of the Apple tree over my sleeping bag. He decided to introduce himself with a loud whinny just as I was dozing off. I discovered how to levitate...

@mamiemonrovia7654 Жыл бұрын

I'll bet u did ! ROFL

@ramseysolomon6410 Жыл бұрын

I love it

@jpatter9809 Жыл бұрын

They're pretty small to help you levitate

@ericvickery6357 Жыл бұрын

Lmao yea first time is a little uneasy

@haroldpayne2527 Жыл бұрын

Ill bet you was one scared little rascal!

@LorraineCyn5675 8 ай бұрын

There’s one singing outside right now. It’s about 2:30am. I’ve been hearing the calls lately every night. Beautiful. Greetings from Cross Junction, Virginia.

@emptychair8141 7 ай бұрын

So ok ....maybe I'm not crazy. Just had one here in accomack Virginia. Was a shocker to me. ! But thrilled to death! Excited to add it to my ebird !!!

@brandonpowell3254 7 ай бұрын

@emptychair8141 such a beautiful state we live in friends

@micheleyosto 2 ай бұрын

Every night this time of year. There is one, maybe two living in the trees in our yard. It makes me so happy to hear them. I love owls (and all birds).

@wesleyhutson4102 9 ай бұрын

I hear a screech owl EVERY night in the trees in my back yard..in the middle of our city.. Salem,VA... it's hauntingly beautiful and I look forward to hearing her call break the silence

@monicaross4013 8 ай бұрын

last night was woken up at 4am to a Great horned owl. Then the resident screech owls joined in. I didn't get back to sleep for another hour or so haha. Was very tired. I love sleeping with the windows open because the dry heat from hvac makes me feel awful sometimes, and owls can REALLY sing they're a hoot. and WILL keep you up.

@emptychair8141 7 ай бұрын

This is so interesting Wesley !!! I'm over here in accomack. I've been here 6 yrs . Ive only one screech owl on my Virginia bird list and it was here couple yrs ago at most. Only had it on my Maryland list once and that was heard only. I just got the whinnying calls tonight here. Bout half hour after dark. Went out to plug the yard light in. Decided to leave it off in case it could distract the owl from more calling. I'm now sitting here hoping for more calls!

@emptychair8141 7 ай бұрын

Could it be mistaken for a fox ??

@lauragovernali4332 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite sounds in the world is the whinny of the eastern screech owl ♥️ Here in Michigan, I hear them most often in the gloaming just before dark.

@stephanie1860 Жыл бұрын

OMG you said, “Gloaming”. ❤

@lauragovernali4332 10 ай бұрын

@@deedeebrecht4687 I love the beauty of the old words. I took my degree many, many years ago in literature, and am at present writing and illustrating a children’s book using as many of those lovely words as I can. Thank you so much ♥️🙏♥️

@chesterswingjr9796 Жыл бұрын

These recordings are so crystal clear, I just called 4 of them within 20 feet above my head. I’ve lived in the woods for over 40 years, and always heard them, but never actually seen them. Thanks so much for this thrill of enjoyment!!!

@annamariepoff 8 ай бұрын

We called a couple over with this, too! They’re very social, for owls. 😊

@Irish_I-never-got-caught 24 күн бұрын

Same, I’ve had them land right by me on my deck! I even got one to land on ME! I’ve used this particular call for several years! Hastings Michigan here

@tabithadorcas7763 10 ай бұрын

I was awakened at 3:00 this morning! A little frightening at first. Then, I realized what it was. I love owls.

@elizabethfey8537 Жыл бұрын

My son and I were just walking through a dark wooded area near our house and we heard a horse like animal sound. It was getting closer and we couldn't see anything on the ground with our flashlights. We now know that it was an Eastern screech owl flying above our heads. Thank you for making the video of the two types of sound these amazing creatures make. ❤️

@carolbrown1479 9 ай бұрын

Have a couple of those owls in my backyard over last few days. I love their sounds.

@darcydduncan4183 Жыл бұрын

I love these owls, I live in the Cherokee National Forest in East Tennessee and just love listening to them at dusk especially in the warmer months...I can always hear them but never see them even if I try! Beautifully camouflaged here!😂🦉

@vampsith Жыл бұрын

Florida man here, these are some of the most comforting sounds ever

@LewlefromOutlands 9 күн бұрын

Florida man, I hear you get into a lot of trouble.

@rebbecawhitsell395 Жыл бұрын

I had the privilege of 2 living in our tree, raised a grey owl. Last week they were trying to get it out of the nest, this week it happened, they stayed for 3 days and today they were gone 😢 I’m in Millsboro Delaware off the Indian river with swamps behind me. I have pictures of them

@seantonnesen1636 Ай бұрын

I built an Owl box for my backyard last year, and we have a Screech Owl in residence this year. I play this recording and she pops her head out and answers the calls just like the recording. We live in North Georgia. Thanks for the video

@Kim-wx4kk Жыл бұрын

I was just awakened (11:30 pm) by this sound!! Both calls! I videotaped it so I can listen to it any time! Came to this to confirm that’s whooooi I’m hearing!!

@user-eq8vw9fc6q 11 ай бұрын

My husband and I were watching the fireflies in amazement when we heard what sounded like a horse whinny and then watched your video and knew it was the screech owl! Thrilling! Owls are the best!

@jimmylieb5225 10 ай бұрын

there are still fireflies? use to see hundreds of them at the old family house but hardly any anymore. my younger brother was catching them in the early 1970's for a research project. see my comment above.

@kimjeffries7165 Жыл бұрын

Just heard one this morning at 5 a.m. when the dog had to go out. So exciting. Of course the dog heard it too and started toward the sound. I am so happy to hear one. We live in Central NY in a rural area on 6 acres. We also have barred owls out here and occasionally hear their calls. Owls are my absolute favorite birds.

@clearlybe Жыл бұрын

'Who cooks for you?' Asks the barred 🦉! 😉

@danlboone3966 Жыл бұрын

I heard a repeated whinny early one morning on a wooded hillside in mid-August in Bristol, Tennessee. It's one of my favorite bird calls.

@bracemino6136 8 ай бұрын

I’m in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada and I’ve been hearing these for years, just decided today to look up what I’ve been hearing because it sounded bird like and found my culprit quickly, it puts me at ease knowing it’s just some beautiful owls

@hollycheel6608 6 ай бұрын

I'm in Smithville, Ontario and heard one in a tree right next to the house tonight.

@sibbotson935 10 ай бұрын

We live in western North Carolina. First time we hear it was last night. We’ve been here since 2015. It was exciting to hear.

@nicolemarie-is5oj Жыл бұрын

We came across two on our morning walk chirping back and forth to eachother fluttering throughout the branches of a large oak tree in Austin Texas right before sunrise. It was so cool. They seemed to be flirting or playing ❤

@turtleheninny 8 ай бұрын

Daughter and I were hiking in the dark without light on Camels Hump Mountain in Vermont. We sat on a log reflecting on our predicament when just above us a screech owl called with that twittering sound. It was amazing in the utter total darkness. A few moments later my family were YOOO - HOO-ing far off on the trail to let us know they were coming --- I'll never forget that owl telling us, " don't worry, they're coming."

@kaesmithmusic Жыл бұрын

I heard this last night around 3am, recorded it on my cell phone (from indoors) and sent it to my friends who might be able to identify it. They all said it was a screech owl. I've never heard it before. Thanks for the video info!

@nancyharman4795 10 ай бұрын

In rural southwestern Virginia, the owls live in the wooded hollows surrounded by open pastures. Usually I'll hear a couple of them chatting back and forth on summer evenings, normally the "whinny" sound, which sounds like a soft, descending whistle in the distance. (This video was the first time I've heard a distinct close-up version of the calls!) Several years ago, a strange owl came through one night... No idea what kind, but it was raucous and LOUD (like a hoot owl on steroids: whoHOO-whoHOO-whoHOO-whoHOOHOOHOOHOOoooo...) That strange owl set off all the dogs in our area, as well as at least a dozen screech owls! I didn't know we had so many screech owls, since I'd normally just hear a couple at a time. But man!!!! They ALL went off! The strange owl passed through and didn't return (thank goodness -- who could possibly sleep through that racket??!), and we were left with just the soft calls of the hoot owls and whistling whinnies of the screech owls. 😺🦉

@snakebite2529 7 ай бұрын

Barred owl

@nancyharman4795 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for solving that mystery!!!

@hardstepps 10 ай бұрын

I've used this video to call in a local nesting pair a few times. It's amazing how I can a quarter of a mile away and they find me and fly within feet of me. I just called one in as we speak. It was silent out. But I knew they were around.

@timmotel5804 Жыл бұрын

I heard one for the first time the night before last. I hadn't thought about these Owl's since I was a kid, and I'm 71 years old now. Thank You

@nat3803 10 ай бұрын

I heard one two nights ago here in Norhtwest part of Houston, TX . I had to use my Merlin app to figure out what it was. It scared me at first. I hadn't ever hear one before up close. It was a neat sound after all. (8/20/23)

@robertsproull6750 2 ай бұрын

Im also on the northwest side of the Houston metro. I've been hearing them a lot lately

@itzearly 10 ай бұрын

I have a whinny one in my yard in Metro Detroit. (lol) Hear them generally around midnight. Thanks for this video confirming it!

@lightwavz Жыл бұрын

I have been hearing this the hour after sunset. We live in an urban neighborhood in SE Michigan that has huge old trees. I couldn't figure out at first if it was the children around the neighborhood playing or playing a game with sound. Then I thought it was a dog or cat. And then, yes, a little horse. It is a little spooky, but mostly amazing!

@nancynelsen7265 Жыл бұрын

We are also in SE Michigan and I hear a screech owl every night when the sun goes down!

@spartylawyer1 11 ай бұрын

A group has been hunting in my giant 80 yr old sycamores in SE MI suburbs

@Schneedle.Ska69 10 ай бұрын

I live in St Clair Shores and heard two of them two nights ago.

@jimmylieb5225 10 ай бұрын

glad to hear screech owls still in MI. see my comment above.

@guitboxgeek 10 ай бұрын

I live in Maryland along the bay and just heard one in the tree outside my house in the early morning! I was fairly certain it was a bird, and maybe an owl based on the sound it made. Glad to find this channel!

@joshuadishmon6563 Жыл бұрын

Camped out in my backyard in TN i got this wonderful sound to fall asleep to... Love It

@KSix86 8 ай бұрын

It's 11:19 at night here and I literally just heard one. I grabbed this video to show my mom because she wasn't sure she ever heard one, but she has and didn't know it. I moved back here to southern Ohio and man did I miss hearing these amazing birds!

@scottoftheroad 10 ай бұрын

We heard this recently when we were at a cabin in western North Carolina. It was around 2:00 am and we were outside in a dark forest. It did give us a bit of a fright at first as it's a very unique sound, but it was great to hear the calls coming from near and far.

@BelleOfAmherst Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is brilliant! I just began watching an Eastern Screech Owl cam, a pair, with 4 eggs due to hatch on/about Mar. 25th. They rustled about & started to make noise. It’s like nothing I’ve ever heard. I came to your channel to learn more. You have a new subscriber. I appreciate you sharing the information. Take care. 🦉

@Awakeningspirit20 9 ай бұрын

So happy I heard these in the wild for the first time today! And a LOT of them! Kind of surprised I never heard them in WV, instead a state park near my NC home that’s nowhere near as remote, but it was a mountain I was on so maybe they liked that.

@pragmat1k 9 ай бұрын

I get one that likes to hang out in the tree outside my house every so often. Always a treat to hear the whinny.

@dosal2 9 ай бұрын

Just heard one this morning at 4:30 taking the pups out… definitely heard both these calls… I love hearing all the owls…

@thesketchyparrot1883 10 ай бұрын

Definitely heard this tonight just now. Been searching animal sounds here & this whinny is exactly what I heard! Thanks for helping me ID this animal.

@gingerm1441 8 ай бұрын

I’m listening to one right now. Off the perimeters of a golf course. I hear it often enough. Very distinctive.

@jonathansuggitt6612 7 ай бұрын

These birds are so precious. We used to hear them all the time back in our old home in the mountains. Hearing their calls late at night or early in the morning was always oddly calming. We don’t hear them much now in the suburbs, but they do occasionally come around. Thanks for sharing this video.

@lawriefoster5587 11 ай бұрын

Have heard this in NW Philadelphia near Fairmont Park. The Owl is my Totem Animal.

@lorraine5083 26 күн бұрын

How do you find out what your totem animal is?

@thesanctuaryatwildroseacre7527 11 ай бұрын

We lived on 40 acres of woods in New Jersey when I was a kid. We had a screech owl that used a truly eerie call sometimes. It sounded like a woman screaming. Imagine hearing that out in your back yard when your parents are out.

@Smidge204 Жыл бұрын

I thought I heard one of these in whinnys the woods behind the house a few years ago, but I'm here because I heard it again tonight and managed to record it, and was doing comparisons. It absolutely sounds like a mini horse!

@user-nf5sn8xj4h 9 ай бұрын

I have been hearing one for a couple weeks. I used my Merlin app to identify it by sound. So cool!

@acoolname8851 9 ай бұрын

Just had one in front of my house first time ever! My dog was going crazy. It was beautiful

@Banapis 10 ай бұрын

I just heard one in the neighbor's yard a few minutes ago. I came here to find examples of the calls I heard for a FB post so others can know what a screech sounds like too.

@roselove001 10 ай бұрын

Just heard it tonight for the first time. It was the Eastern Screech Owl’s territorial whinny and the owl was following me! Scary until I found out what it was.😂 ❤

@natwalsh2710 10 ай бұрын

Lmao

@mikepaz8385 10 ай бұрын

I have these in my backyard. Until now it was a mystery what was making that sound at night. Thank you!

@slm2500 24 күн бұрын

I built a screech owl box and put it up 3 months ago. I've had a screech owl in it for a month and haven't seen it in a few weeks. I thought it either has eggs its sitting on or it left. I played this video and drew in 3 or 4 screech Owls. One landed in the tree branch right above my head. What an absolutely incredible evening under a full moon. Thanks for your awesome video. You and the Owls made my evening!

@MsSylkoZakur 9 ай бұрын

I don’t know why these are called screech owls when barn owls do nothing but screech.

@kimatlastlooks2915 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I've heard these sounds for the past few nights and wasn't sure what bird. I've seen owls around before but wasn't sure what type as it was always too dark. Appreciate the confirmation.

@emasolie4135 9 ай бұрын

We had them in central Illinois. Could chill your bones in the middle of the night.

@stanleyone5222 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this great video! I found it because there was a screech owl close to an open window around 3:00am - wow it was loud and long. I didn't know what it was, until I found this post. I've heard great horned owl hooting, nothing like the Eastern Owl Warble. There's some land clearing nearby, maybe they moved closer to me. Interesting wildlife season this year -- 5 fawns walk around the yard day and night.

@AChickAndADuck 9 ай бұрын

Such an eerie sound. Love it.

@kathrynknudsen9930 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I was just hearing the second sound deep in the ravine behind my house. First time. Often we hear the great horned owls and foxes mating sounds.

@pamlenza5806 10 ай бұрын

So cool - we have two here - one near neighbor's pond, and other up on the side of the mountain!

@kurtwuerfele6760 9 ай бұрын

Nailed it! I thought it was a screecher! Thank you! Great and helpful channel! 🦉

@tkdterp8 11 ай бұрын

I just heard two of them in my woods tonight. ❤❤

@Thea723 Жыл бұрын

beautiful sounds, I just heard this the other night and it did not cross my mind that it was an owl. I am so happy to have had the chance to hear this beautiful bird. Ty for the education.

@lindasalamon3026 Жыл бұрын

I live on Cape Cod, and I've been trying to figure out what critter was making this sound! So glad I found this video. I hear the tremolo sound around midnight, while taking my dog out for her last walk, in the spring and early summer.

@marymurphy5326 9 ай бұрын

Glad to hear someone from Mass on here..I just moved away from an area near a river that I could hear Screech owls, Great horned owls, Barred owls, and once even a Barn owl. Sadly, there aren't many places to hear all 4,Barn owls particularly - since their habitats are being destroyed..Blessed to have heard them all in 0ne Lifetime in Massachusetts ❤

@user-ni7vl8pv5o 9 ай бұрын

I love their beautiful music!

@shamilton1990 9 ай бұрын

My wife and I heard what sounded like a Horse from far away in the woods.. I knew it had to be an Owl. After a Google search, asking 'is there am Owl that sounds like a Horse from far away?' It gave me the Eastern Screech Owl" and I found this video! It was definitely using the territorial call!

@jenniferlyngdoh6053 2 ай бұрын

I first heard the sound about a month ago from my room. Having never heard it before, I thought it was made by someone. Then I heard a louder call. When I stepped out on the verandah, I heard another clear and loud call coming from my plum tree. I then saw this small silhouette of the bird. I'm now hearing it more often. It's a joy to hear them. I'm from Shillong, in the Northeast of India.

@HollyManslank 13 күн бұрын

I just heard this adorable little thing tonight! I was down near the back end of the property. It was pretty dark. I started to hear a VERY faint, descending trill. Just like sound #2: The Whinny in the video. It really wasn't loud at all! I was surprised to see 3 tiny owls perched up in the tree right above me. They we spread out from one another, but the closest was only about 5 feet above my head. They were all making this call back and forth with the others. Very, very softly. It was beautiful.

@SempyRR Ай бұрын

I've had one living in a nesting box for a few months now. I heard a different sound other than these that I knew of. I wanted to refresh my memory so I played this video. I started hearing the owl sing back to me. Then it was singing closer and closer. I turn around and look and it was just about 15 feet behind me on a wire. Coolest thing I've seen in a while

@BlinkinFirefly Жыл бұрын

My favorite owl

@300tdavis 9 ай бұрын

Heard this sound tonight! Thanks for posting this so I could identify what I was hearing. ❤

@felinepeople 9 ай бұрын

I woke up from a nightmare at a weird hour only to hear this 😭 (knowing it’s an owl makes it cute now tho)

@YusefR-dee-lose-shuns Жыл бұрын

I first heard the tremolo in mid Michigan at night. I absolutely fell in love with that sound. I then had to find out what it was. And now I want one of those nighttime loops to listen to it to fall asleep by.

@sandychannell9576 Жыл бұрын

I live in West Bradenton Florida and have been wondering what was making this sound.Let the dogs out at midnight and one of these little owls was purched on my shepherds hook 10 feet away he watched us come and go. This morning about 6:45 again went out and another or same one was perched on an iron chair not 10 feet away. He didn't move but just watched us. I backed into house not wanting to disturb him. What a thrill. It was dark and we were not aware he was so close. Some bird dogs I own......Standard Poodles.

@davidrosenblum2178 Жыл бұрын

I used to live in the hills north of Asheville. It was quite rural and I enjoyed the screech owl sounds immensely, along with the wood thrushes and other local songbirds. Nothing like them in Florida where I live but I am hearing more horned owls lately.

@frederickmatthews4259 Жыл бұрын

Heard them in Key Largo tonight :)

@hardstepps 10 ай бұрын

They are very common all over Florida. I've heard them from the panhandle to the keys. Go outside and play this recording one night and find out.

@Anondlynn 3 ай бұрын

yes I have heard them at night where I live out in the country. they have the most eerily beautiful calls and I love hearing them.

@northtexasskies7786 10 ай бұрын

Doing some astrophotography in Central Texas. I heard an owl making the second sound. I didn't know what type it was. Thanks for the confirmation.

@MrPawPaw Жыл бұрын

Yep, hear them ever night. Baby 1 just left the nest that’s in our yard tonight and baby 2 checking things out. They are so cool.

@user-ky8cx2tj7q 2 ай бұрын

I think two of these lads just woke me up! I didn't realize what the sounds were at first and it freaked me the heck out! I know we've had screech owls around our neighborhood for years. I remember hearing them as a little girl and telling my mother I was hearing a horse's whinny in our suburban backyard at night. We even caught them fledging one evening a few years back. It's always nice to be reminded that they're still around. Even when they wake me up at 1AM. Okay, back to bed. Thanks for the lovely video, it was helpful to confirm what I heard. Goodnight, y'all

@Cav_Farms Жыл бұрын

This one got my dog going big time when he heard the whinny he woke up from a dead sleep and came to watch the rest of the video with me. 🐕

@stephanie1860 Жыл бұрын

Northern Neck of Virginia has these wonderful little owls. Their little songs ring though the woods just before dark. Sometimes they hang out in the rafters of my barn and watch me put away garden tools. By the time I’m done they’ve flown up in a tree. Our local Audubon Society sells Screech owl boxes.

@Irish_I-never-got-caught 24 күн бұрын

I’ve had them coming to have their babies for almost 7 years now! The first week to ten days of June the little ones will be learning to fly but I use this call every year and you wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve called them in right to me! I’ve got so many pictures with them, some on me and others a mere foot away! I absolutely love my owls 🦉 and look forward to this time every year! I’m in Michigan! I’ve noticed other birds especially Robins squawk loud at them and try to chase them off? I shoo the robins off as much as possible! Thank You 🙏🏼 for this video and call! It definitely gets them talking and moving.

@tomtruitt385 Ай бұрын

I have heard odd low-pitched trilling sound from one of the trees in my back yard for the past 3 weeks from 2-3am. Many horror movies use eastern screech owl calls in the background sound. Glad to know this was a peaceful little bird & not some carnivorous beast. Thank you! lol

@lojir1164 Жыл бұрын

I just heard one while I was taking the trash out to the garage. We live way out in the "boonies" in SW Pennsylvania. He/she was making both sounds a very short distance away. I've also heard a Great Horned Owl, and saw one just after dark as it silently glided about 10 feet over my head. It was awesome!!

@Encourageable Жыл бұрын

I was sitting in my sun room playing on my ipad and I heard a screech owl. First time I ever heard one in Tampa, Florida - I didn’t think they lived here. But I played him this recording and he would match it. So cool! I thought he may come over but he never did (could have been a she). Update: I played it the next day and the owl did come near. They are much smaller than I thought - maybe the size of a dove. And they are not very loud - when I first heard him I thought he was maybe 500 feet away, behind a neighbors house, but he was really maybe 50 feet away. Update 2: a year later. Saturday 27-Apr-2024 @ 6:00 AM (still dark outside) - heard the owl again first time this year. Maybe it’s the start of their mating season? I played the video again and it responded. Then I thought I better not or he’ll think there’s a potential mate around and won’t leave :)

@BelleOfAmherst Жыл бұрын

What a great story! 🦉

@N_rgnAlitY Жыл бұрын

I wanna play an owl sound to try to attract one, but I heard that it's not good to play calls because it confuses and interrupts birds. I also just don't want to scare them! Especially because I have house sparrows living with new chicks in my shed around 100 feet away. Any bird lovers know if it would be okay to play or not??

@Julia-zj2ch Жыл бұрын

Here in Western North Carolina I hear these lovely birds early in the pre-dawn. Heard one just yesterday. So sweet. I would love to see one, but probably never will.

@danielrosales5968 9 ай бұрын

One leaves just outside our house on a dead tree I was about to cut down. Now I won’t , I enjoy the late evening miniature horse like sound. So peculiar and makes me feel we are doing something god on our naturalist like farm in Selma NC. Despite having 3 dogs 2 cats 6 peacocks and countless chickens. The kids running and making noises, yet we are fortunate to love nature!

@janicehammersmith4728 11 ай бұрын

Listening to one right now as we sit in our screened porch at 9:43 pm

@chickensinmotion6827 2 ай бұрын

Finally figured out what makes these noises at night!! Last night I was patrolling my chicken coops around midnight and a screech owl flew above my head and landed in a branch next to me. Thank you for posting the audio recordings.

@neildbarker Жыл бұрын

Love the tremolo call. We have a few in the local conservation area but I have only seen, not heard them. Seems backwards as I'd expect to hear not see them more often! Thanks for sharing.

@clearlybe Жыл бұрын

Love the Whinny sound. Have only heard not seen! Sure are cute though, must paint one! Believe one was nesting in neighbour's garage, mate calling too, outside Montreal, 🇨🇦! Just read about the various eye colours amongst 🦉, seems the lighter eyed as these tend to hunt in more light than darker eyed, nocturnal. Yet most of these comments are about Eastern Screech owls heard at night!

@Dirty0o0Jester 9 ай бұрын

I'm in the northwest, right on the border of Idaho and Oregon, but we've had at least one of these little darlings just going off for the past few nights.

@mlbh2os211 Жыл бұрын

I live in northern Rhode Island and hear the whinny fairly often. What a beatiful sound!

@saffron1845 24 күн бұрын

Thank you. I just finished reading "Alfie and Me" and though I have never seen an owl I have always been fascinated by them.

@madisonlilly1366 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the sound and meaning! 🦉

@PATG1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome sound, I love to listen to them. The first time my wife went night fishing she was terrified of the screech owl sounds. Great video😁😁

@carmenmartinez2882 Жыл бұрын

OMG! Now I know what I was hearing in my place. All night long nonstop thus I was curious and really wanted to know. Awesome!

@aimeeevoliowlsaresocutewhe9121 10 ай бұрын

Hi, from Pa. Yes, heard recently. Deciduous woods, end of July, 2023. Call #2

@blackbear1926 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Came here to identify an animal noise I was hearing in the evening hours that was new to me. I appreciate that by simply wording I was brought here and the screech owl has been identified!

@jimwilson622 Жыл бұрын

.... yes ... I heard one capturing breakfast this morning ... quite a wake up call ... ⚘

@sarahp2376 8 ай бұрын

i hear these guys at night everywhere i go! so beautiful

@kristiankauffman5600 9 ай бұрын

The used to be a screech owl nest on the porch outside my bedroom window as a child, and the sound was my favorite lullaby

@Gale_Force_Raceway Жыл бұрын

Finally the proper sounds I hear at night in summer in northern NJ. First time I heard them was super late night/early morn, like 2AM, and had just gotten home with the convertible, shut the car off and heard at least 3 of these in different parts of our neighborhood/woods. GOD was it scary, but awesome at the same time.

@johnschweska5944 10 ай бұрын

Wow...I got up at 3.30 AM...balcony faces woods ....I am pretty sure I heard a loud screech...then a warbling ghostly sound...but each with long spaces of silence between sounds ...I think this is it! I'm in central NJ

@ProfessionalTrenchDigger 8 ай бұрын

I heard this sound out side just now so I looked up this video and was playing it out loud to double check that it was a screech owl and the the screech owl irl flew right into the shop I'm in. Really cute little birds.