Expression of the Enjoyment of Companionship in the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

This is descriptive and exploratory research. Our focus is first, to build on earlier work by presenting a previously undocumented vocalization and accompanying behavior/context which most resemble the expression of the enjoyment of companionship in a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). Second, we draw attention to the only other source attributing companionship to virginianus. Those vocalizations are described qualitatively. We describe putatively similar vocalizations qualitatively and quantitatively from the data of 352 vocalizations we collected and examine their significance as another expression of enjoyment of companionship. We then place our findings in perspective.