Is this an owl?

[Richard Pryor]

Went to YouTube to hear owl sounds and couldn't find anything. Only reason I ask if it's an owl is because I had a Great Horned Owl hooting right next to my window a few nights ago. That sound was for sure an owl, and there were more than one. My neighbor says he sees them all the time. I haven't yet seen one.

 

[Richard Pryor]

You can hear the sound at 13 secs into the video.

 

[CharB]

Hi Richard,
It was hard to clearly hear the bird from that distance. It sounded a bit harsher than say a mourning dove but I am reluctant to say it was a Great Horned Owl. Although we have Great Horned Owls across the US year round, it is rare to hear them during the day. I am guessing by the tree shadows in your video that is sometime mid-day. You may hear them early morning or dusk but mostly at night. This is true for most owls. However, during mating season anything goes! Did it sound similar to what you heard a few nights ago? What part of the country do you live? Here is a link to Cornell Labs. They are my go-to site when my guide books can't help me.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id

 

[Richard Pryor]

Crank up the volume! lol

Yes, it was during the day. No, it doesn't sound like what I heard a few nights ago. That sound was definitely an owl hooting. I hear the sounds (the ones on the video) throughout the day from time to time.

I'm in Central Oregon. Trying to research what's around here. I don't see many birds that could make that sound, though.

 

[Richard Pryor]

I hear the sound, then same sound a distance away follows it. That's why I think it's a call of some kind.

 

[Lolathechicken]

It is really hard to hear the sound but the first thing that comes to mind is a band-tailed pigeon. Check out the sound they make on that cornell link.

 

[Tlmcq]

I can't hear it and had volume all the way up it is breeding season but owls teach and hunt at night so doubt it is an owl...I feel for you tho...we've had hawks teaching young to hunt right on my property line and yard for 2 weeks now...nerve wracking

 

[Chickassan]

Could have been an owl a pair with chicks call to each other night and day.They also hunt night and day when they have a brood.Disclaimer, im not an owl expert but I have watched the Oklahoma owl cam for a whole lot of seasons.

 

[biophiliac]

I can't hear it and had volume all the way up it is breeding season but owls teach and hunt at night so doubt it is an owl...I feel for you tho...we've had hawks teaching young to hunt right on my property line and yard for 2 weeks now...nerve wracking

Hope they are teaching them to hunt rodents.

I have 3 hawk nests within a 1/2 block radius, so I feel for ya. I posted some pics of one fledgling on the pigeon BB thread.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

It doesn't sound like an owl to my old abused ears. A Great Horned Owl should give off a call that resembles someone saying "WHO, WHO... WHO COOKS FOR YOU?"

Also the quickness, and volume of a hoot owl call will cause most people to jump out of their skin.