Photo from Kathy Hicks

So happy to find another Scops Owl that doesn’t look like most of the others!

Not too much is know about this owl. It lives in the forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

Its hooting sounds like Morse code in this clip.

  • FuglyDuck
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    81 year ago

    Angry Birb.

    I think somebody interupted their plans for world domination.

  • Lath
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    1 year ago

    That owl is neither bare, nor getting shanked and not even screeching. I am disappointed.

    • anon6789OP
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      91 year ago

      Sorry, here’s one of the bare shanks.

      Screech Owls don’t screech either, so I can’t help on that front.

        • anon6789OP
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          21 year ago

          Beats me. I could never find any decent sounding explaination that didn’t sound like an anecdote or folklore.

          Here’s what they do sound like. It’s high pitched, but I wouldnt call it a screech. I find both calls very charming. Maybe people were just spooked easier in the Olden Days?

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            1 year ago

            How adorable 😭😭 what a hoot

            I also love bald eagles (lucky enough to have one as a neighbor) who make a little beepity chirping I like. People feel the need to dub over it.

            • anon6789OP
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              21 year ago

              I do like their chirpy sound, but having been next to one doing some actual screeching before, they can be pretty darn loud when they want!

    • anon6789OP
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      51 year ago

      I’m glad you enjoy them! I wanted a funk bird to kick off the week right.