Photo by Dave Kemp
Several days ago, my photographer friend, Dave Kemp, of Richmond, British Columbia, sent me this Short-eared Owl photo, which he took. I shared it with readers of this blog. Now, Dave has sent me a video of the same raptor. Dave shared this video with several of his online friends and one of them said this owl sounded like a cat. It's true, it does. While most of our 12 owl species in Canada make a hooting sound, a few do not. The Short-eared Owl is one that does not, except during the mating season when the male gives a hoo-hoo-hoo. According to my Royal Ontario Museum Field Guide to Birds of Ontario, both male and female give an emphatic, barking keee-ow sound. Click on the link below to hear Dave Kemp's owl. You will need to click on a second version of the link after you make your first link.
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3 comments:
very interesting. If I only had heard the "call" I would have never guessed it being an owl. My first connection was a "meow" sound (like another person had mentioned) and that made me smile as it seemed to be so odd; but after another few seconds it did no longer sound strange. I could hear some "birdy" sound (If you would have asked me what other bird comes to your mind I would have said: distantly a crow)
It was really insightful.
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I once heard a distant meowing and kept meowing at trying to get the kitten to come closer. Eventually when it did get closer there was a load swooshing of wings coming at me and I ducked and ran inside seeing that it was an owl. It came straight for me and I was so scared. ðŸ˜
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