Owls will generally hoot when they are active. There are day owls, which would hoot in the day time.
It is a nickname for the Barred Owl, look on this link to find out:
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Hoots the Owl was created in 1985.
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It hoots.
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Hoots.
There are many owls that hoot but not all of them do. Among the ones that do hoot are the Great- horned owl and the Barred owl.
is it bad luck if an owl hoots in your garden
The Tawny Owl is said to make a hoot sound. Not all species of owl hoots, some screech.