Barred Owl |

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The Barred Owl can sound like:
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Great-horned Owl |
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The Great-horned Owl's hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo is softer than the Barred Owl's, and does not have an easy-to-recognize rhythm. Can you hear the two owls calling to each other in the first clip?
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
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The Northern Saw-whet Owl may sound like co-co-co-co-co, which some people think sounds like a truck backing up. On migration they make a different note.
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Eastern Screech Owl |
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The tiny Eastern Screen Owl can:
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Mourning Dove: A sound-alike species |
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The most common bird that says "Whoo, hooooooo" isn't an owl at all. The Mourning Dove is so named because of its call sounds sorrowful, as if it's in mourning:
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