Hi Jamie,

Looks like you and others have confirmed it's a Barred Owl. Thank you for
teaching me something new! This also means I should trust my intuition more

:)


Best,
Aadu

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 9:13 PM Jamie Holland <jamietholland at gmail.com>
wrote:


> 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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