042 – Revised: April 7, 2008, Authors: Cannings, Richard J., Revisors: Rasmussen, Justin Lee, and Spencer G. Producer: John Kessler Executive Producer: Chris Peterson © 2011 Tune In to October 2018 / 2020 Narrator: Mary McCannīirds of North America: Northern Saw-whet Owl, Issue No. # Sounds of the Northern Saw-whet provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. And here’s a “twitter call” with a snap of the bill Quite a variety for one of North America’s smallest owls, the Northern Saw-whet…. In the fall, the birds make a “Skew” call. Some give a prelude to their advertising call. Here are two males – listen carefully to the pacing of their hoots: Here’s the first. But researchers think female Saw-whets hear variety. To our ear, the “advertising call” of the male, made mostly in spring and summer, sounds awfully repetitive. At this time of year, many move southward, making a large concentration especially in the region of the Great Lakes.

Named for what, to some, sounds like a saw being sharpened on a stone, Northern Saw-whet Owls are common in forests across southern Canada and the northern U.S. Surveys should be conducted at least one hour after sunset. Saw-whets in West Virginia actively responded to playback from April through June. The next day he grumbled “What were you doing? It kept me up most of the night!” “Oh, you musta heard the Saw-whet Owl!” the neighbor said. Based on survey work conducted in neighboring states, the peak calling period for Saw-whets in North Carolina is roughly late March through early May.

This is BirdNote! This past summer, a man trying to sleep got really annoyed with his neighbor on the other side of the woods who, he thought, kept backing up a big truck.

Saw whet owl call