this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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Photo from Kathy Hicks

So happy to find another Scops Owl that doesn't look like most of the others!

Not too much is know about this owl. It lives in the forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

Its hooting sounds like Morse code in this clip.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Angry Birb.

I think somebody interupted their plans for world domination.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same thing we do every day, Pinky

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

If they ever learn teamwork, we're screwed!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

That owl is neither bare, nor getting shanked and not even screeching. I am disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, here's one of the bare shanks.

Screech Owls don't screech either, so I can't help on that front.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Who tf named screech owls that then

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Beats me. I could never find any decent sounding explaination that didn't sound like an anecdote or folklore.

Here's what they do sound like. It's high pitched, but I wouldnt call it a screech. I find both calls very charming. Maybe people were just spooked easier in the Olden Days?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

How adorable 😭😭 what a hoot

I also love bald eagles (lucky enough to have one as a neighbor) who make a little beepity chirping I like. People feel the need to dub over it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I do like their chirpy sound, but having been next to one doing some actual screeching before, they can be pretty darn loud when they want!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It looks like it wants to shank someone

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I'm glad you enjoy them! I wanted a funk bird to kick off the week right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Qu'est-ce que tu as dit ?"
"What did you just say?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Qui a volé mes chaussettes?

J'ai les jambes nues!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I could get angry like that if someone stole my socks!