We all have been waken by creatures lurking in the night. I really like this sight and live Owl calls. Just hit the right buttons on Typical voice and sounds. Great ID also. To be honest with you I wish I knew my bird sounds better.

Give a Hoot

Thanks for the link, I will save it to my favorites.

I used to be really good with bird identification, even had a pretty good life list. Then priority's changed for me and I forgot a lot.
Ironically I started working for the US Fish and Wildlife Service later in life, but never really got my bird identification back to where it was earlier.
I made up for it in my forestry knowledge, and that actually pushed me over others in with job offer, but I always miss not knowing enough about birds.

We have a Great Horned Owl living on our street. In fact he was doing a lot of hooting tonight. Probably looking for a mate since it is spring time. They take care of a lot of the rabbits in the neighborhood.

quote OldFingers57: "We have a Great Horned Owl living on our street. In fact he was doing a lot of hooting tonight. Probably looking for a mate since it is spring time. They take care of a lot of the rabbits in the neighborhood.
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They really make some noise this time of year. We had a pair in our old neighborhood that would go at it every year near the end of February. Really cool birds.

Owls begin nesting in February here in Mn

At the suggestion of a naturalist at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, I have Cornell's Merlin Bird ID app on my iPhone. Huge storage need, so not for the smaller GB phones, but an incredible resource. And, not just owls, of course.

quote schweady: "At the suggestion of a naturalist at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, I have Cornell's Merlin Bird ID app on my iPhone. Huge storage need, so not for the smaller GB phones, but an incredible resource. And, not just owls, of course.
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It is amazing the info Cornell put into this form for use.

I thought this was going to be another thread on loud campers :) Or maybe one of those Wing Fling things.....LOL

There's a Cornell Lab Owl Cam set up somewhere here in Indiana that's on a barred owl nest. The link is to live cam, but you can scroll down and and see some really cool clips of eggs hatching. My favorite is the pair calling to each other. The female looks right into the camera and responds with calls.

Link to cam on the nest

When I was a kid (and after :) ) my granny and I would talk back if we heard an owl hoot. Before you knew it we had as many as 3 answer. They seemed maybe 200 yards away and apart.
I remember doing this at least 3 times on nights we were gathering night crawlers. Seems like it was in mid May? Usually when I started crawler hunting. They were Great Horned in Ohio. It was cool.
My Granddaughter and I did it last year but only had one answer for a few minutes. Grama was good at it.
Thanks PineTree

Thanks for the link to the owl sounds. We have a lot of owls around here in the NW burbs of Chicago, and I was never sure what kind they were. Now I know they are the Great Horned type. Long ago, I just thought it was the divorcee that lived across the woods in the house next to me, but now I can identify that is actually an owl and not a human.

Tomster

Thanks for the link. I have been hearing a variety of owls in my woods lately. The sounds drove my poor dog nuts.

quote quark2222: "Thanks for the link to the owl sounds. We have a lot of owls around here in the NW burbs of Chicago, and I was never sure what kind they were. Now I know they are the Great Horned type. Long ago, I just thought it was the divorcee that lived across the woods in the house next to me, but now I can identify that is actually an owl and not a human.

Tomster"

A lot of owls this year in the west 'burbs too. I have hardly seen any rabbits at all this spring and used to have a ton. Wonder if there is a connection? :)
Either way, I love hearing them call. Saw one swooping over the road on the way home the other day, and it was huge! I guess they don't call them 'Great' Horned owls for nothing.

Used to be way better with birds. Had a book as a kid that came with a bunch of floppy 45's. On each one were several tracks with a different bird, and a variety of their calls. I would sit out in my back yard for hours and play those on the portable turntable and watch the birds come in for a look. I remember Cardinals, Bluejays, and Mockingbirds as being the ones that would visit the most. Good times

Brandon

there is a woodpecker in my neighborhood doing its best to rid the trees of all their illegal immigrants, and legal ones too, he does not discriminate