It was well north of 3 a.m. when the soft hooting of a distant great horned owl pulled me from the gentle arms of Morpheus, that mythological god of sleep and dreams.In the heat and stillness of th… ...

But in fact, the screech owl’s call is vaguely reminiscent of the sound a ping pong ball makes rolling down a set of stairs (it’s OK, this article will wait while you go try it).

Tips for Owl Hooting at Turkeys A competitor at a natural-voice owl hoot competition, held annually at the Black Bear Bonanza in Arkansas, calls into a microphone. Photo by Natalie Krebs. Getting a ...

"Well, it's definitely a great horned owl, but without hearing the vocalizations, I can only guess about the hooting," Bloem said. "I get questions like this all the time and tell people to get a ...

Eastern Screech Owl. Eastern Screech Owls can be found in every Indiana forest. They even nest in backyard owl boxes. Far from smooth hooting sounds, screech owls make an eerie even-pitched trill ...

KARLA BLOEM: So probably the two most common that the public are familiar with are great horned owls, their basic hoot. Just the [OWL SOUND] would be a male, and the female is higher-pitched with ...