The Sounds of Our Birds

A gulpy throat sound. This is "eagle talking."

This raspy throat sound is Beanca calling out to say "beware! "

A great example of the usual sounds of an eagle - not the Hollywood-style bird screams, but guttural throat sounds. 

Screech owls don't actually screech; they make a trilling sound. Here's a great example.

This is a great example of a barred owl mating call. Folks in the South say this sounds like "Who cooks for you, who cooks for you all." Note the trill on the end - this is a female barred owl.

A great horned owl making a hooting sound.

Hiss is a great horned owl, and he's making his trademark hissing sound. Great horned owls and some other owls hiss to scare away people or other owls or animals.

Klik Klak is a barred owl; in addition to the infinite kinds of sounds they make, they can also click their beaks as a warning.

More beak-clicking by Klik Klak.

Red Shoulders are often noisy. They fly through the woods screaming to flush out prey. Often they will hunt in pairs, with one flushing the prey and the other hiding in a tree ready to swoop down.