Hi Aadu,

Those hoots sound just like the Barred Owl hoots I get outside my window
here in the Clearview/Maltby area. They certainly make other, more
characteristic calls as well, but those single hoots aren't uncommon. I
heard them last, probably will again tonight!

More experienced owlers will hopefully chime in, but that's my impression.
Then again, I've never heard Long-Eared Owls in person, so I'd be excited
to be wrong--and to have the chance to hear them so close by!

Jamie Holland

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM Aadithya Prakash <aadu at uw.edu> wrote:


> Hi Tweeters community,

>

> I was walking around Discovery Park at dusk and heard a large owl by the

> edge of Capehart Forest. It made a single hoot followed by a 15-30s pause.

> This continued for about 5-10 minutes. I can't find any audio that matches

> the call that I heard. My gut feeling is that it's a Barred Owl, but Merlin

> seemed to think it was a Long-eared owl. This would be pretty rare for the

> park/county, so I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on it. This is

> my first time posting to Tweeters and I just learned I can't post audio

> (without exceeding the message size). I tried uploading here:

>

> http://sndup.net/qgxx

> http://sndup.net/fkct

>

> Best,

> Aadu Prakash

>

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