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Hi there
I heard my first Tawny Owl (2009) early this morning in Bedford. It was not close by as such but their call does carry well.
It was at 6am this morning, and it made my day. {smile}
At our last house a mile away, we had a few Tawny's in the nearby area. The favourite patch was an area of park with had a couple large Horse Chestnut Tree's near the wall at the edge of the grassway. This was their favourite patch close to us.
The Owls would start to hoot and meow fro hours on end, the the moment it became dark in the late afternoon. I remember standing at the foot of the same tree and I still could not see the Owl. They so well camoflagued anyway. That is what makes them so difficult to see.
Anyone esle heard any Owls at the moment as this is the time of year to hear them
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Hi Lucybob
Great to hear that others have heard Owls too, are they are around once more.
As a you say LucyBob, it is lying down and listening to them - it is soothing on the mind for some reason, {bliss}
You might be hearing a female Tawny Owl (shreiking) as I understand the male Tawny Owl 'twoo twit twoos' and the female Tawny tends to 'shriek' a 'kee-vit' sounding noise. Both Owls can emit the same calls from what I know. I thought that they where different Owl species {confused}
I was confused myself and I asked on another of my bird Forums, and I got an answer to the confusion.
The Barn Owl emits a high pitch shriek, so again that is what their call is about. They make quiet snoring noises too. A bit mumbled under the breath. Strange to listen too.
I must get my links in order, and reply to the link question that I asked a short time ago.
lucybob said:Hi Blackbird - ours have started up again - we have lots of woods across from us and they are starting to call to each other again usually as I am about to go to bed which I rather like its nice to lay and listen to them. We also hear a blood curdling screach sometimes which I think is also an owl maybe the Barn Owl but not sure - we have seen one in the early morning flying from the farm buildings
Mine have been calling for weeks, if not months. I love it. There are loads around here, they regularly perch on a telegraph pole right next to my bedroom window and hoot and yelp for hours, also on my and my neighbours' roofs too. I lose so much sleep watching and listen to them, but I wouldn't have it any other way! One night a couple of years ago one was perched on a cable connecting my house to the pole. It was yelping incessently and looking down into the garden a lot - I looked down too and realised there was a cat sitting looking up at it, it was almost as if the owl was talking to the cat!
I was only thinking the opposite. We haven't heard our owls recently.
I hear the tawnies all year round where I live and also the little owls although not so often! It is a wonderful sound!!
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I've lately been hearing regular loud hooting from just after dark until well into the early hours from what I think is a male tawny owl (anyone know which other owls hoot please?). I live opposite a disused graveyard in West Yorkshire and I think its perhaps marking its territory. There's quite a few cats around to harrass it. Other than that there's a nice pair of Jays living in the same graveyard, plus several squirrels.
Its great, I love to hear owls but hopefully it'll settle a bit and perhaps 'knock it off' shortly after midnight haha!
Welcome musical2! The best thing to do is listen to some calls, then you can decide which it is. The RSPB has 'sounds' you can listen to: http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/t/tawnyowl/index.aspx
Oh yes thanks. Definitely male Tawny Owl then. Its been quiet these last two evenings.
I've been reading your tawney owl posts with interest, having recently had a bird calling early one morning from the limes across the road form my house. You may be interested to know the BTO and BBC’s Autumnwatch have joined forces to map Tawny Owls as part of the 2007-11 Bird Atlas project. They have been asking people report any records to them in order to find out more about the distribution of the birds. I submitted my record just recently using the simple on-line recording form. Its easy to take part in the survey, click here to find out more and follow the instructions to submit your record.
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Hi john
Thank you for your posting your links
It is now important that we all report Tawny 'Owls'
It will be interesting to hear the end result, and see how our Owls are fairing in life.
Let the result be a good one. {smile}
Unknown said: I've been reading your tawney owl posts with interest, having recently had a bird calling early one morning from the limes across the road form my house. You may be interested to know the BTO and BBC’s Autumnwatch have joined forces to map Tawny Owls as part of the 2007-11 Bird Atlas project. They have been asking people report any records to them in order to find out more about the distribution of the birds. I submitted my record just recently using the simple on-line recording form. Its easy to take part in the survey, click here to find out more and follow the instructions to submit your record.