shelliebear
Member
Hi there,
I joined this site because for about the last 3 weeks, I've been doing nothing but scratching my head over this bird who keeps hooting at night around my apartment.
I live in Spokane, Washington, and at night time on some nights (he keeps moving around, so it's not every night I hear him), I hear a bird hooting, typically coming from the open field across the highway from our apartment.
I can't find him, as I can't enter the field (private property), and he's only out at night anyway.
It sounds like a large bird as his voice carries so far and sounds very deep, yet soft; I'm guessing an owl, however absolutely NONE of the recordings of ANY pacific northwest owl I've heard sound ANYTHING like him.
He makes a soft, but loud hoot that goes like this:
"Hoo...hoo,hoo". There's a ~2 second pause between the first hoot, and a .5 second pause or so between the second two hoots. Like I said, it's a very soft hoot, but it carries far; he doesn't screech or anything like that.
It's pretty cold up here in the pacific northwest, don't know if that helps I.D. him.
As of right now I don't have a recording of him hooting, but I'm trying to get one. He stopped doing it as soon as I decided I was going to record him for an I.D. check. :-C
I'll keep trying though.
Is there any hope of pointing my in the direction of any birds that make a hoo/hoot sound like this, any recordings of their sounds or anything? I'd really like to find out what he is. It's driving me nuts! (in a good way)
Thank you so much for your time. Been scratching my head for weeks....
Shellie
I joined this site because for about the last 3 weeks, I've been doing nothing but scratching my head over this bird who keeps hooting at night around my apartment.
I live in Spokane, Washington, and at night time on some nights (he keeps moving around, so it's not every night I hear him), I hear a bird hooting, typically coming from the open field across the highway from our apartment.
I can't find him, as I can't enter the field (private property), and he's only out at night anyway.
It sounds like a large bird as his voice carries so far and sounds very deep, yet soft; I'm guessing an owl, however absolutely NONE of the recordings of ANY pacific northwest owl I've heard sound ANYTHING like him.
He makes a soft, but loud hoot that goes like this:
"Hoo...hoo,hoo". There's a ~2 second pause between the first hoot, and a .5 second pause or so between the second two hoots. Like I said, it's a very soft hoot, but it carries far; he doesn't screech or anything like that.
It's pretty cold up here in the pacific northwest, don't know if that helps I.D. him.
As of right now I don't have a recording of him hooting, but I'm trying to get one. He stopped doing it as soon as I decided I was going to record him for an I.D. check. :-C
I'll keep trying though.
Is there any hope of pointing my in the direction of any birds that make a hoo/hoot sound like this, any recordings of their sounds or anything? I'd really like to find out what he is. It's driving me nuts! (in a good way)
Thank you so much for your time. Been scratching my head for weeks....
Shellie