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SOUNDSCAPES

Barred owls - Strix varia - are one of the most common raptors to frequent the hardwoods and pines interspersed throughout the Gainesville urban landscape. Frequently, they can be heard making their who-cooks-for-you characteristic call and, occasionally, pairs will gather to chatter back and forth. Below is a recording of the latter, when two pairs conversed nearby.

Ultrasonic recording of Mexican Free-tailed Bats leaving the University of Florida Bat Houses

OUT IN NATURE