Hooting, Unknown species - U.S., New England (1 Viewer)

[CasualCrow]

Around my house and near a few local businesses I’ve been hearing a hooting, but I can’t figure out who it belongs to. Google can’t help, but so far I can say it’s NOT a Barred Owl, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, or a Mourning Dove.

The hooting sounds like a sort of hoo, hoo hoo as opposed to the closest sounding but not matching the h'HOO hoo hoo of a Great Horned Owl, since I know someone will say it if I don't explicitly mention that.
The first hoot is slightly deeper and has a slightly longer pause after it, but the other two following are higher and have a shorter pause between them.

If anyone could help, that would be great! I would love to know what kind of bird this is, I think an owl?

 

[Butty]

Welcome to BF.
It's easy to record with a phone - and you can then compare it at your leisure with known recordings (eg xeno-canto.org) and with the written descriptions in your field guide. Or post the file here.

 

[CasualCrow]

Welcome to BF.
It's easy to record with a phone - and you can then compare it at your leisure with known recordings (eg xeno-canto.org) and with the written descriptions in your field guide. Or post the file here.

I wish I had, the only issue is that I was at Dairy Queen with my family celebrating Mother’s Day early, but I forgot my phone at home. If I had recorded it I would've definitely used Merlin Bird ID, hasn't failed me yet, but sadly I didn't.

 

[Butty]

👍🏼 Enjoying a Dairy Queen rather than worrying too much about some bird noise is quite understandable. (I did take it from what you'd said that you'd heard it before and thus were liable to hear it again.)

I’ve been hearing

 

[rkj]

Whatever Merlin suggests, it would be wise to confirm the identification here or with other experts.

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. I hope you enjoy your visits.

 

[pianoman]

I see you didn't rule out doves in your initial estimates, so perhaps Eurasian Collared Dove is a possibility, it does occur in New England

 

[CasualCrow]

I see you didn't rule out doves in your initial estimates, so perhaps Eurasian Collared Dove is a possibility, it does occur in New England

After looking into the calls, I heard the exact call in a video! Thank you for the help!