Came to this video expecting "hoo's" Was greeted with "EEEEEEEEEEEKCH!"

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.

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.

The barred owl sounds like it's imitating a horse.

Me: "Oh cool, owl noises!" Owls: *VELOCIRAPTOR SCREECHING*

So the barn owls screech and the screech owls don't

WHO THE HELL CAME UP WITH “hoo” or “hoot” FOR AN OWL!? NONE OF THESE SOUND EVEN CLOSE!!!!!

Here because I’m trying to describe the sound of an owl in my English creative piece. I know what to write now- EEEEEEEEEEE

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.

Eastern Screech Owl = the aliens have landed.

Imagine hearing these in the middle of the night in the woods not knowing what a owl is 🤣

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.

They're all so majestic and the barn owl is just like "EEEEE!"

What I was expecting: hoo,hoo What I got: REEEEEEEE

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

Screech Owls: **Sci-fi owl noises** Barred Owl: **An actual dog** Barn Owl: _RRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE_

I never thought an owl could sound like a horse.

So here I am. It's 1 am on a Wednesday, and I'm listening to owl calls. Someone help me

Had an Eastern Screech Owl in my backyard the other day.....the minute he swooped in ALL the birds became silent....it was SOMETHING !!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

That barred owl looks like it knows something I don't.

The name "Screech Owl" would really be more apropriate to the barn owl than either of the screech owls.

Barred owls love nighttime hootenannys. One of my favorite things to hear. 🦉🎶

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." 🤣😂

Today I learned: Barn Owls sound horrifying

"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!"

I was here to find an owl actually going whooohoohoohoho in a very deep voice.

Is it just me or the barred owl has such an adorable voice.😂❤️

I remember hearing barn owls all night and being scared shitless when I was a kid.

I definitely got Barred Owls in the woods behind my house

1:15 tripped me out

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. 🌿

There's an eastern screech owl outside my window, and I'm playing this back for him.

The barred owl seems to be making an important decision ^^

0:10 barn owl sounds like an old computer starting up

I've moved to three different apartment complexes in the greater Atlanta area in the past several years. Every single time, without fail, one or two barred owls end up living near my bedroom window. I hear one right now. Sometimes I hear two of them, and then it sounds like either fighting or mating. Or both.

The Barred Owl is creepy as hell, but I've gotta stick with my homie the Eastern Screech Owl.

the barred owl sound matched up PERFECTLY with the one i was hearing outside at the moment it played. that was amazing.

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.

Walking back from a late night hike when all of a sudden hear 20 barred owls go off

My cat flipped the fuck out!

Barn owls sound like the feeling of impending insanity

Most of these are so calming, I feel like if I heard this in the morning my day would just start off great

0:09 Barn Owl 0:25 Eastern Screech Owl 0:46 Western Screech Owl 1:02 Barred Owl

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

Ok so I guess it’s a demon outside my window

Eastern Screech Owl: I am the grumpiest being alive. Western Screech Owl: Can I go back to bed already?

I think I may have heard a barn owl screeching at 4 am. It was unpleasant and rather terrifying.

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.

Without a doubt the Barred Owl is my favorite. I get goosebumps whenever I hear it in the woods behind my house.

I absolutely love the barred owls call though. It's absolutely precious.

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.

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.

Eastern Screech Owl: Get ready for screams. Sounds like a horror movie soundtrack

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.

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.

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

1:01 If I heard that next to me in the dark I'd need new pants.

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

Western screech owl! I just heard her outside walking. Thank you for this lovely video. Love and light to all who see this 💛✨💛✨💛

A barred owl laughing will make your heart skip a beat when your in the woods late at night.

The barred owl is my favorite.

Cool! Barn Owl sighting confirmed. Thank you KZfaq! (saw a bird fly overhead while stargazing tonight, whistled at it, it screeched back, had to check its sound, spot on)

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.

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

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 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

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!!!:

My girlfriend makes the same kinda sounds

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.

In Alabama where I reside, the Great Horned Owl is my favorite. We have numerous Barred Owls also.

Western Screech Owl. Next to my window and drives my wife nuts every night. LOL!

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. :●}

That Eastern Owl resinates with my soul. I FEEL those sound waves and it's quite calming

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.

0:25 I hear that every morning because there’s a owl that lives in my backyard and I named him Fred 😂

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.

“Alexa, add owls to my list of ‘things that terrify the f*ck outta me.”

An eastern screech owl is trilling somewhere in my backyard in the evening. I hope my flying squirrels stay safe.

Barred Owl! "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you?":)

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.

Used To hear many barred owls camping in N.Y. state land. That has always been my favorite.

I just had the most vocal owl experience and now I'm hooked!

The two last ones, western screech owl and barred owl has a beautiful sound. I think the western screech owl was my favorite

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

They are beautiful and I love all of their sounds❤

Guess there's a barred owl outside goin' WOO WOO WOO. My windows are shut and homeboy still loud as hell

awe, no "who cooks for you" action!?

Wow. I've been trying to identify that screeching sound the barn owl makes for a long time. In my region (northern california) there is some kind of animal that makes that noise... but it only calls once (not in a repetition like the owl in this example). It does not repeat reliably, making it very hard to find the animal (never seen it), it may call again after several minutes pass... but again, only once with a lot of time passing before calling again, if at all. I suspected it was a bird, someone tried to tell me it was a raccoon, but now I'm sure it's some kind of barn owl.

Why does the barn owl sound like he is corking and a bottle at the end of his screech?😂

The screech owl for sure! Recommended reading for anyone who loves bird song - THE NUSIC OF WILD BIRDS: Illustrator Judy Pelikan pairs her delicate drawings of birds with excerpts and poetic mini-essays taken from a 1904 Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music by F. Schuyler Mathews, an erudite naturalist, birder and musician. Matthews descriptions are absolutely stunning and the relationships he explores between actual music and bird song thrilling.

The "Whose Hoo?" of owls!

I heard a barn owl in my backyard and I thought my brother was screaming 😂😆😁

The eastern screech owl's call is oddly soothing

The eastern screech howl has an eerie call, it's my favorite.

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.

i sometimes hear a barred owl on my roof or somewhere very near my bedroom window.

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

The 2 Seagulls in my garden recognised the first one. Must have owed them money, left pretty fast.