One of a pair of Barred Owls perches on a limb in Orlando Wetlands. The rich baritone hooting of the Barred Owl is a characteristic sound in southern swamps, where members of a pair often will call back and forth to each other. The Barred Owl belts out a loud, resounding hoo, hoo, too-HOO; hoo, hoo, too-HOO, ooo, often phrased as "Who, cooks, for-you? Who, cooks, for-you, all?" These calls are often heard in a series of eight, giving rise to one of this owl's folk names: "Eight-Hooter."
Sounds:
Classic hoots #1
Classic hoots #2
Hoo-aws
Ascending hoots
Pair hootin-it-up
Immature begging calls