There are a couple of Great Horned Owls in my area. Their ‘whoooo whoooo’ calls are melancholy yet surprisingly annoying at 2am. LOL Sometimes I hear them fly over when they shriek.. Scary call when in flight!
I live in the city but right next to a golf course, a plethora of animals. One night I couldn’t sleep and was sitting on our side patio about 3am. A shriek flying right past me sent me running into the house shaking. lol
Told hubby about it the next morning and he laughed and told me it was an owl. Scared the bejeebus out of me.
Hoot, Hoot Hoot Hoot was not so bad. Coyotes are the screechy ones here.