i here these guys all the time in my backyard. there common call sounds like a whole bunch of barking dogs almost....they are really the coolest bird another bird that looks like these is called a spotted owl. both species have acctually been known to mate! they are such pretty birds!!!!
Oh god... I went to camp this year and had to spend a night alone in the woods (within yelling distance of others), this one scared me so badly... I kept hearing it in the distance and had no idea what it was.
I'm so glad I found this. This exactly what I'm hearing all night. And I've seen the owl before. I'm also in NH and I'm almost positive there is a nest right on our property! I'm gonna have to get some footage.
I have found an expert from the NH Audubon. Here is his feedback, "The footage showed a juvenile barred owl doing its raspy fledgling food-begging call. Very common after they leave their nest in June or July."
I think this call is because of disturbing them. They are telling the others that danger is near. They think your dangerous. I have barred owls in the woods at my house in Massachusetts. I hear them mainly in October and March. "Who cooks for you, who cooks for youuuuuuu!" is the sound of the barred owl. The female is usually higher pitched. Did you have barred owl nest near your house? If so please post it. I LOVE owls!
If this were springtime, I'd say the sound is Mom calling from the nest asking for a food delivery from Dad. By now, I guess it's the adolescents, hanging out in the trees, asking Mom and Dad for food. The kids are still learning to hunt, and not yet fully self-sufficient.
i here these guys all the time in my backyard. there common call sounds like a whole bunch of barking dogs almost....they are really the coolest bird another bird that looks like these is called a spotted owl. both species have acctually been known to mate! they are such pretty birds!!!!
gabbitoribio246 5 months ago
i here these guys all the time in my backyard. there common call sounds like a whole bunch of barking dogs almost....they are really the coolest bird
gabbitoribio246 5 months ago
Oh god... I went to camp this year and had to spend a night alone in the woods (within yelling distance of others), this one scared me so badly... I kept hearing it in the distance and had no idea what it was.
Birchfall 5 months ago
I'm so glad I found this. This exactly what I'm hearing all night. And I've seen the owl before. I'm also in NH and I'm almost positive there is a nest right on our property! I'm gonna have to get some footage.
hxcjunglist 7 months ago
I have these in my backyard in NH too. I got a good look at one last night sitting in the tree, and it definitely look like a barred owl.
I thought it was a barn owl from the sounds it was making, but it looks nothing like it.
wuff2K 1 year ago
I have found an expert from the NH Audubon. Here is his feedback, "The footage showed a juvenile barred owl doing its raspy fledgling food-begging call. Very common after they leave their nest in June or July."
mazinluv 2 years ago
I think this call is because of disturbing them. They are telling the others that danger is near. They think your dangerous. I have barred owls in the woods at my house in Massachusetts. I hear them mainly in October and March. "Who cooks for you, who cooks for youuuuuuu!" is the sound of the barred owl. The female is usually higher pitched. Did you have barred owl nest near your house? If so please post it. I LOVE owls!
TolkFolk135 2 years ago
Thanks JimmyJoeLard. In the past 2 weeks, we have not heard from these adolescents. Think Mom & Dad have kicked them out by now?
mazinluv 2 years ago
Yes, they're Barred Owls.
If this were springtime, I'd say the sound is Mom calling from the nest asking for a food delivery from Dad. By now, I guess it's the adolescents, hanging out in the trees, asking Mom and Dad for food. The kids are still learning to hunt, and not yet fully self-sufficient.
JimmyJoeLard 2 years ago
Pardon the bumpy camera and lighting. The skeeters were in full force!
mazinluv 2 years ago