
How to call an owl without an owlcall
Posted October 05, 2018 12:59:50 An owl call is the best way to get your attention, according to a new study.
The study found the bird calls are used by up to three-quarters of the world’s owls, making them among the most popular calls to wildlife.
Researchers from the University of California-Santa Cruz analyzed data from more than 3,000 owl calls recorded in the United States, Mexico and Canada, using a software program called the Birdcall Finder to identify bird calls and find which calls were the most commonly used.
Researchers used data from both captive-bred and wild-caught owls to develop their estimates of how common owl calls are among species, including the common and common wild owl.
They found the most common owl call, called an olfactory call, is used by about 3,800 owls and by around 2,500 of those species.
For other calls, the researchers say it is more difficult to say how common, or whether the calls are in fact common or uncommon, because there is not enough data available.
This is a very small fraction of calls, said co-author Dr. Robert D. Sallinger, a professor of psychology at UC-Santa Barbara.
“But if we could be a little more specific, that could be helpful,” he said.
Sally Brown, a biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, said she is particularly excited to see how the calls change when owls become more familiar with humans.
“I think we can be a lot more proactive in terms of finding owls that are less likely to be calling in the first place,” Brown said.
Brown said owls have a very distinctive way of getting to humans.
If they are approaching you, they will turn their head and go in the opposite direction to where they were.
Brown and her colleagues also found that a bird’s call is not as important for identifying individuals as it is for finding others.
“It is an amazing call to identify a person and a remarkable call to recognize a specific individual,” Brown explained.
“We have to keep an eye out for those two.”
Brown said the study is important for those who might not normally have contact with animals, such as people who are blind or deaf, and who may be able to hear birds’ calls.
“These birds are the best at it,” Brown added.
“When you’re walking up to them, they know what you are thinking.”