That last one sounds like a Great Horned Owl young fledged bird. Years ago, I spent a lot of time around a young GHO owlet and they make that call as a "feed me" begging call to get more food. Adults bird occasionally do that call as well.
John Rawinski Monte Vista, CO On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 12:47:29 AM UTC-6, Ira Sanders wrote: > > Birders, > For the last couple of weeks, late at night, about midnight to maybe 4 am, > I've frequently been hearing 2 different birds move around the neighborhood > above and below my house. One I'm convinced is a Barn Owl by the > screeching call it gives. The recording is the last one below. > The other is the one I'm hearing right now. It is a medium high pitched > whistle that almost has a double reed (thrush like) quality to it. > It's out front and I'll try to record it again. It's very faint on the > recording at about 11 sec and again at about 25 sec. on one recording but > is a little better on the second recording made a few days ago. > Any help would be appreciated. > > > -- > Ira Sanders > Golden, CO > "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading > into a waterfall of creative alternatives." > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d9b4f77a-c54a-4b63-8228-38a2ecea8ba0o%40googlegroups.com.
