# Whooo ... whooo is this owl?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 29, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whooo-whooo-is-this-owl/761186 "2016-07-29T13:11:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whooo-whooo-is-this-owl/761186/1 "2016-07-29T13:11:45Z")

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In downstate, rural New York, we have a new resident in our woods. Kind of sounds like a barn owl, but different from sound samples I’ve found and vague recollections. Could it be a baby owl? A really confused catbird?  
[Here’s a 40-second clip](https://clyp.it/v4c3jbwh); calls are at about :05, :17 and :30.

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whooo-whooo-is-this-owl/761186/2 "2016-07-29T13:21:12Z")

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It sounds like a young bird to me too, but I’m no expert. What species of Owl? No idea.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whooo-whooo-is-this-owl/761186/3 "2016-07-29T13:37:49Z")

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Should have added the detail that the calls begin at dusk and continue to the wee hours of the morning, hence my assumption that it’s an owl. Or maybe a sorority chick-a-dee hopped up on vine coolers.