There is no single owl that makes a "Tu-whit, Tu-who" call.

How many times have I read or heard this nonsense, usually from so-called experts on owls. The 'tu-whit' is nothing like the female's 'ke-wick' (far shorter, quieter and less explosive), and comparing the 'to-who' to the male's long-drawn hoot is rubbish (it lasts about two seconds, and the 'who' is on an up-and-down curve that I can't express in letters). The 'tu-whit to-who' call is not common, I guess I hear it only about once a year, but almost always in mid-winter (as Shakespeare says). I'm not sure but I think it's the male that calls it. It is always prepared by the 'tu-whit' on its own (as Shakespeare says), usually 2-3 times before we get the full thing. Anyone out there like to back me up, please, before I go in and destroy this rubbish in Wikipedia ? THIS IS FROM A BIRD FORUM, I BELEIVE A MORE AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE THAN WIKIPEDIA. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=73424

How did this one make it though the review?

Laurie Johnson Gonzalez, I love David Attenborough. He has so much love for ALL animals. And he's very educational and interesting.

I've never really given it much thought

We found a baby owl that had fallen out of the nest. The conservation officer relocated it to an owl refuge. It was a great experience, to hold an owl 🦉 and to get that close. A lot of meaning behind them! 💜

As far as I am aware, it is only poets and story tellers who use " "Tu-whit, Tu-who" in their writings.

flanderschristy, That you for your '2cents worthy', I greatly appreciate it, very interesting. People who grow up in the country often know best

Bill Coe, While I have to agree with you but...calm down Bill, it's not life or death. Maybe I'm wrong & you're just very passionate about accuracy. I too am a stickler for accuracy & details.

I've lived in very small rural farming community in very southeastern Illinois all my life. I'm 64 yrs old & back then we didn't watch tv until after supper & home work was done, we didn't have video games, internet etc. For fun we played in the woods & learned about nature along the way. We also had contests to see who could do the best imitations of bird calls. At night is when the owls came out & called to one another. I remember the first time myself & 2 older sisters heard a screech owl, we thought it was someone screaming & immediately screamed for our Dad to come investigate. Poor Daddy got up at 3:00 am for work so he was kind of grouchy when we heard it again & he said "For God's sake that's just a screech owl, go back to sleep!" The point of this looooong story is...I know first hand what I'm talking about. The noise they're talking about is definitely two owls, a female & a male calling to each other but...they have the sound all wrong. It's hard to spell out the sounds they make. What they said is some what the sound but not how I would describe it. Still a great question since most people do think that it is one owl making the sounds. Just my 2 cents.

The question is:" There is no single owl that makes a "Tu-whit, Tu-who" call". and that is False, because it is true. The way the "experts" ask the question is wrong. .

I've heard them do it so the answer is false

tesla alset, Isn't it interesting what "couples" can accomplish? Blush blush 💖

Listened to the bird tape. It was interesting. Got this one right dispite the switched locations of the true / false answers. Yay me.

love listening to them.

I’ve got an Owl that survived a gunshot to the head, he may be missing a good chunk of his brain and has to be hand fed but he sounds just like that when voicing out. Ergo you are wrong.

The barred owl does make the sound "to whit to who"!

Allen Lerch, absolutely agree. I had to read it multiple times to even understand what it was asking. How can one even accurately describe a bird call?

Missed it!