In this recording the microphone is trained on a perched Barking Owl about 15 metres away, a second Barking Owl trills nearby then swoops the perched owl while uttering a high intensity trill.

General context of the recording: From 1 February 2017 to 19 March 2019 a family party of three similarly plumaged Barking Owls (male, female and juvenile with a very few vestigial down feathers) regularly roosted in several Red Box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) trees near Chiltern, Victoria, Australia.

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pair singing

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Two Barking Owls uttering grunts and trill while perched in a large Apple Box (Eucalypyus bridgesiana) tree.

General context of the recording: From 1 February 2017 to 19 March 2019 a family party of three similarly plumaged Barking Owls (male, female and juvenile with a very few vestigial down feathers) regularly roosted in several Red Box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) trees near Chiltern, Victoria, Australia.

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Calling before it was dark, perhaps 10 minutes before dusk. Same bird asXC193807.

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Recorded on Song Meter 4 (Wildlife Acoustics). Vine thicket habitat with Melaleuca. Calls are naturally spaced within recording. Recording amplified slightly, with high pass filter to 100 Hz, and slight noise removal.

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Calling before it was dark, perhaps 10 minutes before dusk

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Edited with Audacity.

Trilling call of recently fledged owlets

Recording made by New South Wales Nature Conservation Council Large Forest Owls program

This is a call of owls mating at dusk close to the tree that would subsequently be used for breeding, a week or so later. The female gives a rabbit like squeal at end of mating. Recorded on a Wildlife Acoustics song meter. The habitat is eucalyptus forest opposite open woodland and farmland.

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Birds sitting in tree close to Roost tree above small creek , Some road noise and rain noise heard. Volume normalised in Audacity . no other processing

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Recorded on Song Meter 4 (Wildlife Acoustics). 30 second clip from 10 minutes of duet. Natural spacing between calls. High pass filter (to 100 Hz) applied to recording, and light noise removal.

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A Barking Owl calling while perched on an exposed branch of a dead tree. This call is somewhat similar to 'scream' XC41850 but lower pitched and perhaps uttered by a male.

General context of the recording: From 1 February 2017 to 19 March 2019 a family party of three similarly plumaged Barking Owls (male, female and juvenile with a very few vestigial down feathers) regularly roosted in several Red Box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) trees near Chiltern, Victoria, Australia.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Recording edited using Audacity to remove background noise and periods where there was no calling.

The calls are of a pair of nesting Barking Owls duetting their typical woof woof call upon waking followed by some interesting growling type calls of adults and then trilling calls of recently fledged owlets. The adults would sometimes give their growl type call when we would get close to their roost but in this instance I believe it was directed at the chicks.

All birds were roosting in vicinity of nest tree in large Grey Gum Eucalyptus propinqua in remnant dry sclerophyll forest.

Recorded as part of the New South Wales Nature Conservation Council Large Forest Owls program

Recording edited using Audacity

Adult growling type call followed by owlet trilling

Recording made as part of New South Wales Nature Conservation Council Large Forest Owls program