What sounds like a Scops Owl, but isn't? (1 Viewer)

tichodrome

Member

• Jun 8, 2007

• #1

Hi all,
In gardens bordering broadleaf woodland close to where I live (c 30km south of Paris), something (insect? frog?) is doing a damn good impression of Scops Owl, the only difference being the notes are not as loud, and several individuals seem to be calling from the same place. The calling starts just after nightfall (10:15pm).
Any ideas?

 

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screaming piha

Well-known member

• Jun 9, 2007

• #2

Midwife Toad fits your description. I'm not sure which species you get there.

 

Xenospiza

Distracted

• Jun 9, 2007

• #3

Alytes obstetricans!
A classical case in the Netherlands is a Midwife Toad that was reported as a Scops Owl by a birder who just moved to the only area in the Netherlands where they occur naturally.
This scenario was repeated last year, when a feral population from The Hague was found to have expanded...

 

tichodrome

Member

• Jun 10, 2007

• #4

Thanks! Will try to dig up a recording to confirm, but Midwife Toad sp. sounds like the most likely suspect...

 

wilddogboy

Member

• Jun 15, 2007

• #5

how about a submarine!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:-O

 

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dddiver

Registered User

• Jun 22, 2007

• #6

What does a Scops owl sound like?
besides a submarine and a toad.

 

Last edited: Jun 22, 2007

Xenospiza

Distracted

• Jun 22, 2007

• #7

Scops Owl sounds like this... repeat this 1000 times... (Recorded by me).

 

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Farnboro John

Well-known member

• Aug 15, 2007

• #8

There's an audible alarm on a building near Fleet Pond that has fooled a few people over the years....

John