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Information exchange for people visiting the city of Granada => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: tarquin on July 05, 2009, 06:11:22 AM

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Title: Strange noises in the Albaicín
Post by: tarquin on July 05, 2009, 06:11:22 AM

When I was staying in the Albaicín district of Granada every night there was a strange metalic piping noise every few minutes. It sounded like a very loud mobile phone or some sort of alarm.

Maybe some sort of synthesized clock chime.

I would love to know what it was.

Title: Re: Strange noises in the Albaicín
Post by: Steven Wellington on July 05, 2009, 06:18:47 AM

What you were hearing was the Scops owl.
The males fly around the Albaicín at night and unless you know what it is you can easilly think that it is a man made sound.

There is a sound file and more info here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scops-owl