Photo from Kathy Hicks

So happy to find another Scops Owl that doesn’t look like most of the others!

Not too much is know about this owl. It lives in the forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

Its hooting sounds like Morse code in this clip.

  • FuglyDuck
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    810 months ago

    Angry Birb.

    I think somebody interupted their plans for world domination.

  • Lath
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    10 months ago

    That owl is neither bare, nor getting shanked and not even screeching. I am disappointed.

    • anon6789OP
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      910 months ago

      Sorry, here’s one of the bare shanks.

      Screech Owls don’t screech either, so I can’t help on that front.

        • anon6789OP
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          210 months ago

          Beats me. I could never find any decent sounding explaination that didn’t sound like an anecdote or folklore.

          Here’s what they do sound like. It’s high pitched, but I wouldnt call it a screech. I find both calls very charming. Maybe people were just spooked easier in the Olden Days?

            • anon6789OP
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              210 months ago

              I do like their chirpy sound, but having been next to one doing some actual screeching before, they can be pretty darn loud when they want!

    • @WalrusByte
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      310 months ago

      It looks like it wants to shank someone

    • anon6789OP
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      510 months ago

      I’m glad you enjoy them! I wanted a funk bird to kick off the week right.

    • anon6789OP
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      110 months ago

      Qui a volé mes chaussettes?

      J’ai les jambes nues!