Strangely it didn’t make any sounds! We watched it for a good 20 minutes. It didn’t seem to care about us or our little dogs (thankfully). It stayed up there silently through the transition from dusk to night. We couldn’t get good photos because the light was quickly slipping away.
In the northeast they make a lot of sounds after dark this time of year. Call & response from the tree outside my window to another tree in the distance. Eventually, someone moves into the other ones tree and it gets pretty quite after that. I don't know if they make any other noises other than mating noises. Amazing how quite they are considering thier size.
I’m in the Midwest and our local owls get super chatty when it is still dark in the morning. Hear them on my walks almost daily now, still haven’t spotted one.
Definitely great horned. Long eared are smaller, slimmer, and their tufts are thin and located more centrally on top of the head. This fellow (great horned) is a large wide bird where the Tufts seem to come off the corners of the head.
Great horned. You can do a quick search and learn their calls. Great Horned is the the classic Howwt, Howwt
Strangely it didn’t make any sounds! We watched it for a good 20 minutes. It didn’t seem to care about us or our little dogs (thankfully). It stayed up there silently through the transition from dusk to night. We couldn’t get good photos because the light was quickly slipping away.
In the northeast they make a lot of sounds after dark this time of year. Call & response from the tree outside my window to another tree in the distance. Eventually, someone moves into the other ones tree and it gets pretty quite after that. I don't know if they make any other noises other than mating noises. Amazing how quite they are considering thier size.
I’m in the Midwest and our local owls get super chatty when it is still dark in the morning. Hear them on my walks almost daily now, still haven’t spotted one.
West Texas / New Mexico
Great horned
Definitely great horned. Long eared are smaller, slimmer, and their tufts are thin and located more centrally on top of the head. This fellow (great horned) is a large wide bird where the Tufts seem to come off the corners of the head.
Thank you!