Producer: John Kessler Executive Producer: Dominic Black © 2015 Tune In to Nature. BirdNote’s theme music was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler. A rasping, sibilant call, heard from the nest after dark, was presumably. Advertising call of the Saw-whet Owl recorded by G A Keller Northern Saw-whet Owl 'whine' call recorded by Sean O'Briean 'ksew call' and final 'whine call' recored by Scott Weidensaul. Northern Saw-whet Owls hunt at night for their primary prey of small mammals.
You may hear something truly hair raising.īird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. So if the toot-toot-tooting gets monotonous, keep listening. And perhaps to keep other Saw-whets out of a food-rich territory, males may toot more frequently in years when their favorite prey, white-footed mice and deer mice, are plentiful. There’s also a positive correlation between call rate and the amount of old-growth forest near the heart of a bird’s territory. In part, the rate of calling is determined by the nighttime temperature.
Males give toot-toot-toot advertising calls from late January through May. When agitated or threatened, the Saw-whet gives what ornithologists describe as a “decidedly uncanny, high-pitched meow,” … or “a harsh and startlingly loud, staccato high-pitched bark”. And they send out at least 11 different calls. Male Saw-whets weigh about as much as a stack of seven half-dollar coins, comparable to an American Robin.
įor such a small owl, the Northern Saw-whet has a lot to say. Northern Saw-whet Owl - A Bird With a Lot To Say
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