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The eerie cry of the screech-owl is a fitting sound for this spooky time of year. Our BirdNote® is written by Bob Sundstrom and narrated by Mary McCann.
Of all familiar birds, the Screech-Owl has the spookiest and scariest calls, as Mary McCann explains in this week’s BirdNote®.