Hello all, While I was photographing Schinia arcigera (Arcigera flower moth) at 11.23.54 pm, a Screech Owl started calling. He started both whinnying and tootling. Traffic was still hehavy and my recorder was in the car, so I continued photographing the moth. As the bird continued calling, I decided to give it a try at recording. So went to car, picked my recorder and as usual there was no battery in the shot gun. So replaced the battery and just when i was ready, he moved to a further spot and was little too far away for recording, plus there was heavy traffic and insect sounds. I did record it and can be heard far away. While listening to it through the mic, in a distance there was a GREAT HORNED OWL calling too.
BTW, the above mentioned moth is not recorded in upstate NY! Same species was found at Linda and Tom Cougherty's house on Aug 9 2010. Can be viewed here if you are interested in seeing the photos http://picasaweb.google.com/ithmoths/AugustMoths# Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
