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I live in southern California, and (I'm presuming) an owl has been sounding off outside my bedroom window in a nearby tree for a couple of weeks.  I compared its hoots (at least they sound like hoots to me ) to recordings I had found on the internet of calls of males and females of the owls native to California and can't seem to find anything similar enough to make a definitive decision.  Any help for this beginner would be much appreciated! 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3iwSkbkLEA (45 sec clip) (Fixed it, this one works this time...promise :) )

Thank you!

I tried to listen to it, autobahnca, but it came up no longer available.  What time of day do you hear this?

Oh, and welcome to Whatbird!

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Matthew 6:26

It usually starts around 11 and it keeps going until I fall asleep :)

P.S.:  Website is all fixed, sorry about the inconvenience

Western Screech Owl. Listen to its call here:

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/14/_/Western_Screech-Owl.aspx

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my last post proves what i know about owls... nothing... good call Bird Brain... never

my last post proves what i know about owls... nothing... good call Bird Brain... never mind

100% Western screech owl.

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Bird Brain definitely knows their stuff

Thanks

That is a Western Screech Owl.

It's awesome you were able to get a recording. I wish I got them more often up here. 

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