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Things that go Screech in the night . . .

  • 27-09-2010 06:26PM
    #1
    Oliverdog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭


    We've been hearing bird screeching between 11:00 and midnight in recent nights.
    Just repeated short (1-2 sec) screeches.
    We wondered about owls - any ideas, experts ?
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  • #2
    bibio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭bibio


    They are barn owls, I grew up near Newtownmountkennedy in 80's and was lucky enough that have Barn owls around the house for many years, and they would often screech, in fact I read somewhere that barn owls were know in some locailites as screech owls.


  • #3
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Got to be barn owls. Can't remember the last time I saw one, let alone heard the screeching. They're incredibly beautiful though. You're lucky, would love to have them around.


  • #4
    Beebaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Beebaa


    Yes, Barn Owls, sometimes also known as Screech Owls, although there is an owl called Screech Owl in the US.


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