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McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:37 pm

I was doing some outdoor field recording last night in the country, and buried in the noise was this repetitive sound in the background. I cleaned up the noise with RX and normalized the levels to hear it better. Does anyone know what this is?

(This short recording is just one iteration. In the full length recording, the sound kept repeating in the background.)

Critter.mp3

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 9:51 am

little owl?

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:04 pm

God bless ye for asking

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:33 am

if not little owl, burrowing owl.

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:28 pm

I just saw a news story on burrowing owls. Did not know there was such a thing.

raiderpdog · Post by **raiderpdog** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:55 pm

yes, we have them in my area, even the local university (Florida Atlantic Owls) has them as mascots.

https://www.fau.edu/student/handbook/burrowing-owl.php

But they are really endangered. They got wiped out by all the development, and now if they find them they have to be relocated or built around. Same with our gopher tortoise, another casualty of sprawling development.

South Florida is known as somewhat boring for it's terrain, flatness, etc but it really is interesting and has a very cool native group of animals and plants. Very subtle stuff, but I love that you kind of have to look for the beauty in it, instead of being "wowed" by it.

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:43 pm

Thanks Vurt! I have seen a large owl in my area a few times. I didn't know they could sound like that.

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:13 pm

I've always been fascinated with the language of birds... Owls are amazing:

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:45 pm

McLilith wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:43 pm Thanks Vurt! I have seen a large owl in my area a few times. I didn't know they could sound like that.

as they nest on burrows, that could well have been the owl telling you to eff off, dont you dare stand on my burrow or i will scratch your eyes out!
nice birds though, maybe go back in day light, keep an eye for a big hole, and see if you can see anything without getting too close

least then youll know where to avoid to not cause them any issues

my friend has a few owls (works at a sanctuary, hes not just some arsehole who nicks birds from the wild) i find them amazing, when you hold your arm out, and a bird almost half your size, hardly weighs anything

and such gentle fliers, when they land on you unlike some of the raptors, which seem to fall from a foot or so up and you feel them landing, but the owls, you just feel the pressure and weight, they almost seem to float on to your arm

What is this sound?