Echolalia (that #actuallyautistic tendency to echo the sounds we hear).

On my daily forest walks on a trail nearby my home, I always pass this one section where an Owl across the river hoots at dusk. I can't resist, I always try to echo the Owl with my own mimicked hoots. The Owl usually answers. And we converse.

@obrerx I never thought of this as an expression of echolalia before... I often "reply" to birds while I'm out and about too, if they're making sounds I can mimic.