It is no honest and blunt
tu-whit tu-who of the poets, but, without jesting, a most solemn graveyard ditty, the mutual consolations of suicide lovers remembering the pangs and the delights of supernal love in the infernal groves.
But if you hear a male respond to a calling female, it'll sound like "
tu-whit tu-whoo".
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Tu-whit tu-whoo!
As dusk descends, you can hear the
tu-whit tu-whoo of tawny owls the trees and, by contrast, each morning the robin's song establishing his territory couldn't be more forthright.
Last year, Daily Post readers helped the North Wales Breeding Bird Atlas map their nests, and while the book is being written, the organisers are seeking last-minute help locating calling tawny owls, the classic brown owl with its "
tu-whit" and "tu-whoo" calls.
The sweet birdsong and the rasping of the winter's wind were heard in Under the Greenwood Tree; the brittleness of winter, in Blow, blow thou winter Wind; and the
tu-whit, tu-whooing of a staring bird, perfectly matched by voice and flute, in The Owl.
Tu-whit tu-whoo: A written representation of the sound made by an owl.
As dusk descends, you can hear the
tu-whit tu-whoo of tawny owls in the trees and, by contrast, each morning the robin's song establishing his territory couldn't be more forthright.