Hey folks, I had a mystery bird I got recordings of while along the Langford River riparian area at night, not too far from the Heathrow Airport. I am struggling to pin it down, and I never got a look at what it was. Tawny owl seems like an outside chance, but it could it be a rail of some type? Thanks in advance for any assistance!
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Mystery Calls-London, GB, 09/07/2024 (1 Viewer)
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Sounds partly good for Tawny Owl begging call
xeno-canto.org
At the end a Cettis Warbler????
XC914241 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Recording of a family Tawny Owl. A parent was calling intensivly and 2 begging youngs were heard from the edge of a mixed forest. After 1,12 minute the parent was seen flying out of the forest, probably looking for more food for here youngs. You can hear two differnt youngs begging in the...
xeno-canto.org
Definitely a Cettis at the end. It was around dusk, and there were multiple of them sounding off. Hard to actually get a recording without them dominating the audio.Sounds partly good for Tawny Owl begging call
At the end a Cettis Warbler????XC914241 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Recording of a family Tawny Owl. A parent was calling intensivly and 2 begging youngs were heard from the edge of a mixed forest. After 1,12 minute the parent was seen flying out of the forest, probably looking for more food for here youngs. You can hear two differnt youngs begging in the...
Thanks for the link to that particular audio. I have found a few similar one through perusing eBird. I realized I should have linked the eBird report as well so that folks can see the spectrogram as well. https://ebird.org/checklist/S194302238
