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Things that go Screech in the night . . .

Oliverdog · 2010-09-27 17:26:32

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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27-09-2010 6:26pm

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Oliverdog

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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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barn owl

owl

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#2 27-09-2010 8:45pm
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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.

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#3 28-09-2010 1:24am
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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.

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#4 28-09-2010 1:38am
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Yes, Barn Owls, sometimes also known as Screech Owls, although there is an owl called Screech Owl in the US.

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