Male and Female GHO vocalizing and Juvenile food begging call (eeps) 6 Jan 18 approx 7:05am. Camera courtesy of Owl Research Institute and Explore.org link at www.explore.org. Link to live cam: explore.org/li....
I’m fairly certain this is the owl call I heard a little while ago outside my bedroom window. I’m so happy I finally live somewhere that has owls nearby. My dream is to see one up close in the wild.
i'm right there with you. the calls are great and yet being close up and personal is crazy. If you have a rehab place nearby they often have owls and allow the public to tour their facility :) i got to see a barred and great horned that way and it gave me chills. they are so much larger than you think
@@MairzedotesHoots I have two that hang out in my backyard. I was also fortunate enough to see a California condor a few years ago. And just last Friday I saw a Desert kit fox 🦊
Living in the Thousand Oaks area (northwest of Los Angeles) there is a large population of Great Horned Owls, many of whom have been driven there by excessive commercial developments in the greater LA area. I can remember one night where I recorded 4 (!) of these majestic birds making conversation just before the break of dawn.
I used to volunteer at a wildlife center and we had one as an ambassador. I was responsible for taking him out and putting him back up for the night in his cage the days I was there. He was very gentle, quiet, and never caused a fuss. I went to put him up one afternoon and as I was taking off his Jesse's (leather leg straps), he loudly hooted inches from my face. It was an experience I will never forget. Find a local wildlife center and volunteer. You will get to experience things the general public will never get to see!
This is exactly what I heard an hour ago The bass tones in person are incredible. The low steady hoots hit my ears like walls of sound. I could tell it was coming from about a block away through my half open window but their voices are so powerful it felt like it was right next to me
This exact moment I am listening to two Great Horned Owls have a debate lol. Around this area you really only hear Barred Owls, so hearing these two Horned Owls hoot is perfect.
I’m 61 yrs old and this is the second time I’ve heard any owl hoot! There’s one in a tall oak just 20 feet away. I had to look up owl sounds on RU-vid to match the type of owl it is. Great Horned Owl for sure!
I have one in my area I’m playing this for. It seems to be alone so I wanted to give it a friend. I really can’t tell if he’s responding or not. What amazing birds.
I have a "family" of owls on my property. I hear them every night. I'm positive there's a baby trying to fly cause ill hear it on the ground sometimes and ill see a white fluff ball trying to fly on the low branches.
@@MairzedotesHoots the female is also typically larger than the male, just as it is in all raptor-like birds, though that's only really useful information if you have a male and a female right next to each other heh
Our chickens were frightened out of their coop by an uninvited guest-a weasel who killed one of the flock. Since they were afraid to go back into the coop, they took to roosting in a big Colorado Spruce tree just off the corner of the house. We were having a horrible time trying to get them to roost somewhere else safer at night, but to no avail. You’ve heard the expression “like herding cats” ? Well, I can assure you, herding chickens isn’t much better. Anyway, it was only a couple of nights before we found a dead, headless chicken and the death toll rose by one every single night. Our precious little flock of 25 quickly shrank to 12, all th work of 1 Great Horned Owl. I resorted to EVERYTHING. Stringing blinking Christmas tree lights on the tree, then blaring music all night and strung fishing line through blank CD’s then rigged up a gizmo for reach up high in the tree to hang them, hoping they’d deter our hungry visitor. I even camped out on the patio with my little shotgun -I looked like Granny Clampet out there. Nothing worked for more than 2 days. This owl was very smart. We knew what it was because my husband saw it right after It had killed one of the chickens-it was still eating it. He said it was 2ft. tall. We eventually were able to convince the rest of the chickens to go into the big barn until we got a different coop.
oh dear that must have been frustrating. 2 ft tall is about normal and birds are not their first choice because they have to pluck feathers but they will eat what is available for sure.
@@MairzedotesHoots The ones we had found that had been freshly killed (I HATE the sound of that-especially when used with regard to my pets), were only missing their heads & sometimes the craw. There was only 1 or 2 times we'd found one the next morning with a damaged breast I think, and I always figured something else had come along after-the-fact and helped themself to a free chicken dinner.
I'm outside hearing an owl right now, and it's such a thrill! I wanted to identify what kind of owl, and now I know it's a great horned owl. So cool!! Thanks for the help!
I remember I heard this owl & night train sound almost every night when I was young. The great horned owl sound is so cool.... I can listen to them all night long.
At my mother's house there is a couple whose nest is just 20 feet up in a Eucalyptus tree. Really odd relationship they have with the Labrador which they probably figure to be an oversized coyote on cocaine. I've even seen the dog rip a big chunk of bark off that tree to play with, and the owls barely swivel their heads to keep an eye on it. They start hooting at dusk like clockwork. Ive gotten some great pictures of them with my 500mm lens. The male always looks rather angry, probably due to it's diminutive size relative to the female.
Wow thanks for sharing that! i am so fascinated to hear about behaviors we can't explain. I think they are so confident being fast flyers and up high 4 legged animals don't seem to be much of a threat unless a chick is on the ground then they will viciously attack humans or large 4 legged to protect it.
I woke up to one of these hooting in my neighborhood last night. I saw him sitting on my neighbors chimney, though it was so dark I couldn't see all of the details. I was able to see the horns and the tail fluff up when it hooted. First time I've heard it seen this. Thank you for sharing. Hooo Hooo Hooo, perfect!
We you have a pair that live in the Ponderosa pine tree right near our house. It is wonderful to hear them and makes me smile and happy to see that they are still around. We’ve had some terrible fires here in the Santa Cruz mountains and happy to see that they survived.
Oh my gosh! My husband and I bought a house last year. We were delighted to discover that we had a pairing of owls very close by we could here at night. This video makes me think they HAVE to be great horned owls! I've been wondering what kind they are!
I've never actually seen an owl in person before (I'm dying to honestly), but there is an owl in my backyard somewhere. Now after watching this, I'm thinking there are two because I've heard both of these sounds during the same night! Heard a god awful screeching tonight too and after watching other videos of owl noises, I'm certain is was an owl screeching. Whatever it was, it killed something rather large.
Been looking for the sound that I keep hearing outside my window at 1am I’ve got an owl that sounds exactly like this having a howling contest or somthing 😂
Great video. There used to be lots of owls where I live. I don’t hear them as much anymore. The property behind our house cut down a lot of timber where I’m sure they all lived. The night after they cut the timber, the owls threw a fit. I sat in my back yard and cried. I knew they had lost their homes and now they would leave
That is so heartbreaking and why it's important to bring awareness. a lot of folks never see them and don't realize they use those trees for nests once each year until they are forced to flee. Hopefully they found another snag a mile or so away. Thanks for watching.
What a pleasant hoot. I have two owls out back and they hoot all night! I love their calls & find it soothing ♥️ I’ve named them Woodsy and Wilhelmina ♥️♥️
Eeep!🐥Eeep!🐣Eeep!🐥Eeep!🐣❤ I came here cause I’m hearing GHO calls literally from the tree behind my house! So close & so loud by two🦉🦉💕 I played this to mess with them a bit hehe😁 ugh until my mom opened our LOUD gate for the dog & scared them away😢 now they’re very faint sounding & far away sounding.
So beautiful, didn't realize there are two of them. The one in the front totally covers up the one to his right. This is so fantastic, owls are a national treasure, just like all wildlife.
A small cat might be interesting to them is there is not enough other prey and they have a nest of beaks to feed. Folks with purse dogs usually get them inside during the dusk to daylight hours just in case. :)
Here it is a month after I posted a comment above, and my little Luigi cat has gone missing. 😭😭 As well as a few other neighborhood cats, all vanished without a trace. Owl attacks possible?
@@missgirle oh dear i would hope not however nature is what it is. If there are littles that have left the nest and are learning to hunt a small cat might be a potential prey.
Tryna see if the creepy sound i heard outside was a person or a real owl 😭😭 It sounded like a creepy woman making this exact hoot but I hope it was just an owl it lowkey sounded demonic
cats of the air! there are tons of these hooting at night in my neighborhood in kitchener ontario but ive never seen one, i suspected it was an owl or a dove, now im sure it was a great horned owl, i heard at least 5 different ones at around 2:30 am and its march 17 2021.
We live in a lake community in ste. Genevieve county missouri and there are at least 6 owls around the lakes and I hear them talking all night. It's great!
I saw an owl catch a prey in my backyard one night but because it was dark I could not see what type it was. This morning I heard hooting like always and decided to look it up. I’m so excited it’s this one! I live in a suburban neighborhood less than a mile from a city so I’m very surprised and skeptical. We have a lot of hawks and rabbits though so maybe it’s just the nighttime hawk.
Thank you so much for this video, we have a few great horned owls in our bay area neighborhood! I hear them during mostly the fall and winter! But sometimes in the summer they hoot
I live in the bay area too if you meant San Francisco Bay area where you are. I literally just heard an owl tonight on my walk and came here to RU-vid to figure out what it was. It sounded just like this so it must’ve been a great horned owl I’m so excited! I’ve lived here over 30 years and never heard one
We have a pair of these on our property. They are a little over a year old now and are a little larger than a red-tailed hawk. We saw their mother getting them out of a large oak tree last year for a few days before they started to fly. The mother was huge, as big as the blue heron we have around here. As cool as they are, they are quite the predators. They prey on rabbits mostly, leave the remains in our yard and sometimes on our roof. We did find a decapitated red-tailed hawk in our yard, they do prey on hawks and other large birds as well. We have a miniature dachshund so I am more concerned with these owls than other animals we have around here. We are in western PA, lots of wildlife on our property. We had a couple of barn owls a couple months ago in the back of our house for a few weeks, I think the great horned owls scared them away.
Hm, I’m not sure what I’m hearing, the notes at my house sound like a barred owl with the “who cooks for you-who cooks for you all” but it sounds more like these owls in tone
I've seen Barn and Barred Owls in my area, but I'm pretty sure I heard this sound outside my window just now. I heard it a few weeks ago around the same time, so I think a Great Horned Owl is nesting somewhere nearby.
I live in and grew up in San Clemente CA. It’s a bird sanctuary here. The crows are a bit aggressive!! I played red hawk sounds they were curious and quiet but when I played these…the whole family/friends? 4 left the nest outside my bedroom.
wow that's so interesting and how wonderful that you have the sanctuary to observe so many species! owls will prey on young birds if voles/mice etc aren't plentiful so i wonder if that's why they left? thanks for the info i love reading other's experiences with owls.
from ORI research the male does a 4-5note hoot and the female 6-7 note territorial hoot. used to warn others of their presence and also to locate each other. the juvenile makes a "screech" or "eep" noise begging for food . how lucky you have one close to listen too!
Heard one of these outside my window just moments ago, had to look up owl calls to confirm because we almost never get any here. It only called once, I think I scared it off when I went outside to try and catch a glimpse, but I'm hoping it will come back soon so I can hear it again.
Check out the mating hoots :) there's some tea kettle whistling and other species has their own unique hoots. I love the great gray and barred especially. Thanks for watching
I think there was one of these living in our old neighborhood, and now I'm certain there's one living here too, and maybe a kite if sounds are anything to go off
the juvenile in this clip is off cam making the begging "eep" sound. may need to volume up a bit i had it set on the low side because the adults are so loud :)
it would be normal during nesting and occasionally off season if trying to locate partner. Mom will call out to dad for food or assistance with predators if needed . thanks for the question and for watching!
I love great horned owls they visit every night and even in the daytime once. I had 10 of them visit on one evening at like 2am. They are majestic and wise. Incredible they truly are. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I just heard like 4 of them just now. I wonder what they are saying. I hoot back at them. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
I asked them if they found a tasty mouse to eat, and they answered who who who. They are my favorite. Actually I love all wildlife. They are very smart. I cherish all animals in the animal kingdom. ❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💖💖😍😍😍😍👍👍👍
There is a pair who lives/hunts in the little wooded area of my backyard. I was standing in my kitchen at 5am feeding my dog when we heard one so close we both paused and looked at the window, haha. I stepped outside to listen and at first I thought they had disturbed a crow by the sounds they were making. It almost sounded like a Kookaburra for a few beats. (Considering that I live a bit south of Atlanta I knew *that* wasn't likely)
I frequently have Eastern screech owls in my yard, but never this guy. I live in the middle of a big city and he was in my treetop hooting and squawking. Thanks for posting!
