Owl ID - • Great Horned Owl: Our largest owl; referred to as a “hoot owl”; some call it the tiger of sky; one of the only natural predators to the skunk; one of earliest breeding birds in North America; they mate, nest and raise young in the winter; listen for loud, deep hoots allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_horned_owl/sounds • Barred Owl: much more likely to be heard during the daytime than other owls; commonly see it in river bottoms and swamps; hoots in a rhythm like “who cooks for you, who cooks for you all!”; when two owls meet they make a variety of monkey-like hooting, barking, cackling sounds allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/sounds • Barn Owl: referred to as “monkey faced owl”; call is a raspy, hissing screech; a nesting pair and their young can eat more than 1,000 rodents per year; This is a bird of open country such as farmland or grassland with some interspersed woodland allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/sounds • Screech Owl: one of the smallest species of owls in North America (8” tall); they can fall prey to larger owls; do NOT make a screech sound; A descending whistled whinny, and a whistled trill on one pitch. allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Screech-Owl/sounds Owls will benefit from nest boxes placed in your yard our property. And, you’ll benefit from the built-in rodent control.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:56:46 +0000
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