Natural History Wanderings

In the last few years I have taken a number of classes in bird sounds. Although birding-by-ear is a slow skill develop it helps enormously in identifying birds. This is especially true in woodland areas. Birding by ear isn’t only about identifying what bird is making the sound, but also paying attention to the alarm calls of birds. These alarm calls are clues that predators such as hawks or owls may also be present.

Brain Mertins has an article on ” How To Find Owls by Listening to Bird Language” on the Nature Mentoring website

what I do when I want to use bird language to find an owl.

I’ll go over how to look at the landscape from a big picture perspective so that you can figure out in which areas you’re most likely to have success.
I’ll describe the special time of the day when I can always find an owl as long as their alarms are within earshot of where I’m standing.
I’ll also explain specifically what I listen for to tell me that there’s an owl nearby and you’ll hear an audio recording of what bird alarms near an owl sound like.

Read article at How to find an owl by listening to bird language – Nature Mentoring