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It’s the season for open windows, and I love the breezes, smells, and sounds that are invited into my home between now and September. Last night, sitting near an open window (which you pretty much have to do in my window-intensive house), I heard a screech owl, just one tremulous call. It was surprisingly quiet – the name “screech owl” would seem to indicate a more fearsome utterance. Thanks to this excellent site, though, I am assured that what I heard was a screech owl, and the bone-chilling, nocturnal shrieks I have heard in the past were probably barn owls. The owl call we hear the most often around here, though, is that of the barred owl. According to enature.com, these owls have been known to call in the daytime, to which my son and I can both attest. We also found out that barred owl calls are relatively easy to imitate, and that these forest-dwellers will carry on a “conversation” with humans!
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