ML624691062
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
A barred owl gave a very strange wail-n-hoot call in the second minute. Two elements were atypical: 1) it gave two pre-hoot wails rather than just 1, and 2) after the second wail, it gave a "yowl" prior to initiating the hooting. I was not familiar with the "yowl" in this context or any other, although it was vaguely reminiscent of vocalizations associated with caterwauling.
Observation details
At stop #1 (0.0, Pigeon Lake Road intersection), a barred owl gave 7 solo long hoots well to the north in the first 90 seconds at the stop. At stop #2, an owl gave 8 solo long hoots in minutes 6 and 7, to the north, probably the same bird as at stop #1. At stop #3, an owl gave 3 solo long hoots to the N in the last 30 sec of the count period, plus 2 more as I was getting ready to leave. The bird was still to the N, but was by far the closest of the 3 observations, all of which I attribute to the same bird. At stop #6, a barred owl gave a very strange wail-n-hoot call in the second minute. Two elements were atypical: 1) it gave two pre-hoot wails rather than just 1, and 2) after the second wail, it gave a "yowl" prior to initiating the hooting. I was not familiar with the "yowl" in this context or any other, although it was vaguely reminiscent of vocalizations associated with caterwauling.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Google Pixel Recorder
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 150.41 KB