I'm not really sure, but one night me and my sisters heard a really creepy screeching, almost like something was dying or being killed. To this day, we still don't know what it was, but I think it was a screech owl.
The Ruffed Grouse male attracts females to his territory by raising his ruffs and crest, fanning his tail, and beating his wings to make a hollow, accelerating, drumming noise.