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Name the Arapiles Banshee

Timfreddo

28-Jun-2017
6:40:48 AM

At Arapiles, and hearing a bird/owl I've never heard down here before...
It's nocturnal, most active around 7pm and 6:38am (as I write this).
Sounds like like a three year old having a tanty, with repetitive hoarse 'screams'..
Any ideas?

Eduardo Slabofvic

28-Jun-2017
9:19:50 AM

If it's on the front of the Pharos then I might know.

Jayford4321

28-Jun-2017
10:32:49 AM

On 28/06/2017 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>If it's on the front of the Pharos then I might know.

DidU topout again Ed?

pcb

28-Jun-2017
11:01:34 AM

Barking owl? aka "Screaming Woman" owl

Rocketeh

28-Jun-2017
11:18:36 AM

Pretty sure it's the foxes.

Jayford4321

28-Jun-2017
6:11:36 PM

My fiend simz frqntz tha place heaps , an heez neva herd no screamin women , foxy or othwize.
i still rekon itz Ed toppin out.

Timfreddo

28-Jun-2017
7:57:38 PM

Still screeching.
Def not a fox as its flying around in the sky...
Doesn't sound like barking owl. Much higher pitched and screechier..
When I say three year old tanty, think the super high pitches shriek young kids let out, but after about 20 Winnie reds.

pcb

28-Jun-2017
9:25:53 PM

On 28/06/2017 Timfreddo wrote:
>Still screeching.
>Def not a fox as its flying around in the sky...

Could be a flying fox then?

>Doesn't sound like barking owl. Much higher pitched and screechier..
>When I say three year old tanty, think the super high pitches shriek young
>kids let out, but after about 20 Winnie reds.

Apparently the "screaming woman" call of the barking owl is uncommon and distinct from their regular "barking" call. Never heard it myself but your description sounded familiar.

Wikipedia:"The screaming of the barking owl is said to sound like a woman or child screaming in pain. Hearings of 'screaming lady,' as it is so nicknamed, are rare and many only hear the sound once in their life even if they live next to a barking owl nest."

Martym

28-Jun-2017
9:26:32 PM

For some reason I can't get the Howli Bird out of my head:

jgoding

29-Jun-2017
8:14:28 PM

There is a great TV series called Banshee. Anyone seen it?

IdratherbeclimbingM9

29-Jun-2017
9:24:44 PM

Sooty Owl?
https://youtu.be/V9HnCIAj8Tg

Timfreddo, did you play the second soundtrack in the pcb link?
... If it isn't the call, then try pasting the above link to a Sooty Owl call into your browser and playing it.

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