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Birders

AndyS

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1. I don't understand why they are called 'screech' owls. Their call is like a soft

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Feb 6, 2023, 06:33 PM

Feb 2023

cooing. In a previous life I had a mated pair come back year after year and raise a brood of owlets in a box on the tree in my back yard. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I had!

Daddy owl just hanging out nearby in the daytime.

Baby owlet checking out the world.

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Eastern Screech Owl [View all] Donkees Feb 2023 OP

I don't understand why they are called 'screech' owls. Their call is like a soft AndyS Feb 2023 #1

Part of their aggressive threat displays includes some higher-pitch squealing (screeching) Donkees Feb 2023 #2

Thank you for the sounds. I've heard the first two many many times. AndyS Feb 2023 #4

Here's a video of a Screech Owl ''screeching'' Donkees Feb 2023 #5

These photos are breathtaking democrank Feb 2023 #3